Dan Minette wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
That's the catch. There has _always_ been an
outside force. But AFAIK most communist parties
broke with little external interference.
>> 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.
>
But for the most part, the Church of Roma had a
strong external opposition: first it was a sect
of dissident jews, then a crazy minority of
pacifist romans, then they had to fight the Roman
Emperors, then the barbarians, huns, muslims, etc.
The Church broke _precisely_ when they were the
absolute monopolistic spiritual power in Europe.
> 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. :-)
>
The USA will break 140 years after it establishes
a monopolistic tyranny over the rest of the
world :-)
Alberto Monteiro
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