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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Alighieri who wrote (261956)11/25/2005 9:07:38 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1572943
 
"I contend that human nature precludes a perennially "benign" imperial force."

No, nothing is perennially benign. But some of the alternatives are worse. In the shadow of a strong empire, most countries are peaceful. Wars are just not tolerated, mainly because they are bad for business. Multi-polar worlds are less stable and almost always degenerate into brutal, bloody wars. The real danger for most people is when empires war, lots of people die then.

And when such a world has nuclear, biological, chemical and soon to have nanotechnological weapons, such wars can have long lasting effects.
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