Comments on: The Pros and Cons of Empires https://www.isegoria.net/2014/06/the-pros-and-cons-of-empires/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Rollory https://www.isegoria.net/2014/06/the-pros-and-cons-of-empires/comment-page-1/#comment-1366727 Rollory Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:39:30 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35276#comment-1366727 DC expects everybody on the planet to do exactly as they say. But DC is sure that they’ll do so because everyone is basically good and wants what’s best (except of course for Bad People who need to have bombs dropped on their heads), which is, of course, what DC sees is good and best, because DC is obviously correct in all things, most particularly about the need for everybody to do exactly as DC says.

Whether DC formally calls itself an empire or not doesn’t seem to really matter in the context of what it actually does, and what it acually has the power to do.

]]> By: James James https://www.isegoria.net/2014/06/the-pros-and-cons-of-empires/comment-page-1/#comment-1366634 James James Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:58:40 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35276#comment-1366634 “The present infatuation for independence for ever smaller and smaller units will eventually doubtless be succeeded by new international empires.” Interesting prediction! Glubb hasn’t mentioned empires that pretend not to be empires. Is this a new phenomenon?

There’s now a DOCX version available on libgen.

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