tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post5361600456802022697..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Future PoliticsKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-67865837420077962042016-03-12T07:55:19.315+00:002016-03-12T07:55:19.315+00:00Kaor, Paul!
The problem for Earth in CoDominium t...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />The problem for Earth in CoDominium times (and for that matter before the rise of the Commonwealth in Anderson's Technic series) was that Earth had become too SMALL for many rival nations to fight out their quarrels, not when nuclear weapons were factored in!<br /><br />Altho the rise of the Commonwealth was described in the EARTHBOOK OF STORMGATE as terrible and chaotic, it was far more successful and longer lasting than the CoDominium.<br /><br />And of course we have our share of all too real and very similar problems today. Such as a US with weak, feckless, and incompetent leaders (Obama being one of those bunglers!) which seems unable to at least keep at bay Iran, the Islamic State, North Korea, a trouble making Russia, etc.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com