----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:53 AM Subject: Re: The Axis of Weasel
> But we can look at micro-situations, where a > unipolar power arises and then breaks up. Any > communist one-power political party, for example, > ends up breaking into several parts. Only under outside force. >The Catholic Church broke into thousands of Christian churches, > sects, dissidences, etc [and they are still breaking] Lets look at that. It was unified for about 700 years, and then broke into two parts. One of those parts thereafter broke into many another 500 years later. Further, it had minimal temporal power at the time. Contrast that with the US. So, maybe you have an arguement that the US will not exist as it is 1000 years from now, but your data supports little more. :-) Dan M. > The Roman Empire was never a unipolar power. They > had a fierce opponent as the Parthian and then > the Sassanid Empire, in Persia. They didn't conquer > Germany, who spent the whole Imperial time attacking > their borders. > > Alberto Monteiro > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
