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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (95292)	4/21/2003 12:28:04 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

when it has worked in the past, there has usually been one hegemon That's why it's never worked for very long. The hegemon always ends up using hegemony to advance its own interests at the expense of others. The others object, the hegemon gets overstretched, and chaos returns. If we want to break this cycle, we have to develop a system that does not depend on enforcement by a single hegemon, but rather on agreement among free nations. This will be a very difficult thing to do, but I believe we have the vision to accomplish it. I'm not sure why I believe this. Must be my native optimism.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (95292)	4/21/2003 1:03:50 AM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

<when it has worked in the past, there has usually been one hegemon> It's different now. Two new things in history, which make the Roman Empire model unworkable: 1. nationalism 2. WMD If the Etruscans had had nukes, the Roman Empire wouldn't have happened. If the Etruscans had been unwilling to be assimilated, and become loyal Romans, it wouldn't have worked. Nationalism is universal, and WMD will be, in our lifetimes. The only model that allows for survival, let alone prosperity or freedom, is the EU model, not the Napoleanic model. Consensus, compromise, respect for Others. Renouncing Force as a problem-solver. The opposite of what we're currently doing.