Hi, Lee Lofaso!
I read your message from 18.07.2017 22:31

  ak>> Freedom and democracy in the US would not be possible without fear
  ak>> of the USSR's Communism. It helped the Americans to curb the wild
  ak>> capitalism and a half-slave labor. So it was the USSR who formed
  ak>> the landscape in the 20th century.

  LL> And what about the 21st century? Will there be a dominant country
  LL> or set of countries that rule the planet, like the British empire
  LL> of long ago? Or will the world fragment into smaller parts, with no
  LL> empires of any kind?

The target is very clear and common for all the civilizations like on 
Earth. Unlimited technology growth, material abundance, everybody gets 
all they want. It is called Communism. ;=)

Bye, Lee!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2017
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