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>And if you look to the decline of the last great empire, Great Britain, in came in the wake of an expansion of the public sector Talk about oversimplification
by loewenskind 16y ago
>And if you look to the decline of the last great empire, Great Britain, in came in the wake of an expansion of the public sector
Talk about oversimplifications that fit ones own viewpoint! A lot of things changed in the UK since they were at their peak. Correlation, Causation and all that jazz.
- _delirium 16y agoAlso, it's not even correct: there's been a massive decline in the public sector in the UK since its peak as an empire. It was a state-centered monarchy with strong mercantilist policies, not some kind of libertarian paradise.
- stretchwithme 16y agoand how did it manage to become so powerful? The countries it dominated didn't quake in fear of its mercantilist policies. It was the guns. And it was the trade that their manufacturing made possible and the rule of law that made it successful entrepreneurship possible. And yes, it all eroded away. It wasn't the loss of the colonies, but the loss of the things that gave it the ability to project its power in the first place.
- loewenskind 16y agoYou mean they became less relevant because they became less evil?