tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post912897943354671697..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Europe's Good LifeBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-74006757579138419222009-12-12T22:10:25.731+00:002009-12-12T22:10:25.731+00:00There are no new tricks, but if you are serious ab...There are no new tricks, but if you are serious about Machiavelli, may I recommend Edward Pearce's 'Machiavelli's Children'. If I haven't before. If interested, and you should be, I'll send it down.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-40360337093850445822009-12-08T14:09:45.885+00:002009-12-08T14:09:45.885+00:00Its not a new trick that is needed its new people,...Its not a new trick that is needed its new people, the existing ones are getting on a bit and need their backsides wiping, who pays goodness knows.<br /><br />Just go down to your local Morrison's for a breakfast and see how many sitting around you are under 30Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-65678659494766379902009-12-07T12:19:41.705+00:002009-12-07T12:19:41.705+00:00Thanks for the link; Diamond's a real thinker....Thanks for the link; Diamond's a real thinker.<br /><br />And good take, until this: <i>Finally, I drift vaguely towards Machiavelli. Politics is politics. Europeans took America's defence gold and built herself a better life. Europe 1, America 0.</i> Surely, you don't think the guys with the guns just let themselves get taken. That price was quite unevenly shared in America.Ken Pidcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236539087094493564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-6284021654597876952009-12-07T09:55:00.248+00:002009-12-07T09:55:00.248+00:00I prefer not to think too much about France and Ge...I prefer not to think too much about France and Germany in terms of their attitude to the Anglosphere in last 65 years. <br /><br />Especially the Gauls. It galls.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-26834691873737394942009-12-07T08:35:41.086+00:002009-12-07T08:35:41.086+00:00I dunno: the trick of enmeshing everyone, successi...I dunno: the trick of enmeshing everyone, successive ex-neighbours included, in a bland materialism based on a free trade area and payment transfers has life in it yet. The next trick will be to persuade the Russians it's worth forgoing their great power attachments for some sort of dilute formula of same. I'd guess it would take one or two decades.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.com