bob bent, there have been a lot of prosperous nations in history that had no interest in conquest,
Part’s of Britain’s were accidental—the East India Tea Company (yes, the same one that messed with the US) acquired India a bit at a time as its troops (yes, this corporation kept troops!) put down local disputes that interfered with trade. They spent a full century, iirc, trying to pawn it off on the crown before it was finally accepted! British English was never the *lingua franca*. American English suddenly took the role in the postwar period/vacuum. I suppose it was a natural result of the *Pax Americana.* I’m about halfway through Gibson’s *Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.* (And haven’t moved much in the last decade, but anyway . . .). It’s much easier to read on an iPad from the Gutenberg project than the 5 pt text, or whatever is, in the printed version I have. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
