>>> bradley.mayer at ebay.sun.com 08/14/01 08:53PM >>>
It's not to be confused with economic decline, of course. As Lenin off-handedly put it towards the end of "Imperialism" (to paraphrase slightly), "Capitalism grows more that ever". Which brings us to the matter of W. Europe of the 16th & 17th centuries, a time of great economic growth, where no skepticism would be seen as warranted before the description of this period as "Late Feudalism". Why should it be any different for our own time when faced with similar, analogous evidence today?
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CB: Sort of pride cometh before a fall ?