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Long Haired Git · 11-10-2005, 02:37 PM

I remember an analysis of empires (Roman, Greek, Egyptian etc) putting 25 years on the USA before it crashed. When the USA invaded Iraq, I think they dropped that to 15 years before you see the USA collapse.

Fundamental issue with democracy: each govt care about the next four years far more than the years after that. Imagine the outcome if a political party went the next election promising to fix the above by raising taxes and reducing spending?

11-10-2005, 02:37 PM	#62
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	I remember an analysis of empires (Roman, Greek, Egyptian etc) putting 25 years on the USA before it crashed. When the USA invaded Iraq, I think they dropped that to 15 years before you see the USA collapse. Fundamental issue with democracy: each govt care about the next four years far more than the years after that. Imagine the outcome if a political party went the next election promising to fix the above by raising taxes and reducing spending? __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)