tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370764850032156076.post5682877706467681351..comments2023-09-24T09:08:15.824-04:00Comments on SUNLIT UPLANDS: The Anglosphere Yet Reigns SupremeDaniel J. Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621882531269437087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370764850032156076.post-35718603773908472752011-12-19T13:39:37.809-05:002011-12-19T13:39:37.809-05:00Two superb insights, Pete. Could not agree with y...Two superb insights, Pete. Could not agree with you more.Daniel J. Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621882531269437087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1370764850032156076.post-73617826469328150762011-12-19T13:10:20.189-05:002011-12-19T13:10:20.189-05:00I fully agree with the thrust of this article, to ...I fully agree with the thrust of this article, to which I'd add two comments.<br /><br />1) Neil Reynolds writes, "The anglosphere accounts for 26.1 per cent of global GDP ($19-trillion U.S.) – the same share the British Empire held at its height. The sinosphere accounts for 15.1 per cent ($11-trillion); the indosphere 5.4 per cent ($4-trillion)"<br /><br />I'll accept those number and add that, if anything, they're understated. <br /><br />The fact is that much of what the sinoshpere and indosphere produce is done a) with the technological aid of and b) at the bidding of the anglosphere. <br /><br />If for any reason the anglosphere (mainly America) was to merely withhold its hand, those other spheres would collapse. Yes they would.<br /><br />2) Mr. Reynolds writes, "Mr. Kotkin bases his prognostication on a strategic global review that rates kinship – ethnic and cultural connections – as a better indicator than geography of long-term economic success."<br /><br />I am not going into much explaination here, but I will say that there much more than that which binds the angloshere together. <br /><br />There is something spiritual (intangable)about these group of nations -- which are really from one people -- that guides & protects them. Dare I say Providence? <br /><br />I know, this is nearly 2012 and we should not be speaking like this in this modern age, but there it is. <br /><br />PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com