I loved the Paris video, although it reminded me of how old I am. All of the places are completely recognizable to me and I can picture myself in the video. I realized that 1915 is 110 years ago now, but I was born only 40 years after. Thus, the intense nostalgia. Happy New Year Brad.
Concerning the validity of the ‘true’ Norman Angell’s argument as per Paul Krugman, ie, ‘war of conquest do not pay after 1776, what about the US-Mexico war of 1846-48
I should have drawn a distinction between wars of conquest and then exploitation, which do not work after 1776, and an alternative: wars of “demographic replacement” (waged usually, but not always, by agricultural industrial against hunter-gatherer and herdsman populations) which— distressingly frequently—do still “pay“ after 1776…
From The First Circle “What’s that mean—innocent?” Oskolupov’s green eyes opened wide in
surprise. “Not guilty of anything at all?
(I seem to recall this as: "Innocent of what? He can't be innocent of everything!" in the translation I read long ago, but I don't find that wording now.)
I loved the Paris video, although it reminded me of how old I am. All of the places are completely recognizable to me and I can picture myself in the video. I realized that 1915 is 110 years ago now, but I was born only 40 years after. Thus, the intense nostalgia. Happy New Year Brad.
Happy New Year to all! -B.
Concerning the validity of the ‘true’ Norman Angell’s argument as per Paul Krugman, ie, ‘war of conquest do not pay after 1776, what about the US-Mexico war of 1846-48
Touché…
I should have drawn a distinction between wars of conquest and then exploitation, which do not work after 1776, and an alternative: wars of “demographic replacement” (waged usually, but not always, by agricultural industrial against hunter-gatherer and herdsman populations) which— distressingly frequently—do still “pay“ after 1776…
From The First Circle “What’s that mean—innocent?” Oskolupov’s green eyes opened wide in
surprise. “Not guilty of anything at all?
(I seem to recall this as: "Innocent of what? He can't be innocent of everything!" in the translation I read long ago, but I don't find that wording now.)