--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think so. I think the most stable power > structure > is _tripolar_, with the biggest and strongest still > weaker than the combination of the other two. > > More than three, and the smaller ones will be eaten > by their stronger neighbours > > Two, the stronger will eventually conquer the weaker > > > One, it will eventually break apart into hundreds of > > factions competing among themselves > > Alberto "I guess I am reading too much Foundation > Books" Monteiro
Please, please, please let's not get into this discussion. There have been untold hundreds of books written on the topic. You are the first person I've ever read to stake out the tripod position, though :-) The main schools as to which is most stable are one, two, and many (4+). Three is sort of by consensus the worst, because what will eventually happen is that the biggest and strongest will combine with one of the other two to annihilate the third. Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
