Pax Romanus

[bardiphouka]

Wondering idly what this continent will be like when the US and Canada fall. Not that I am suggesting it, or that I know how, just remembering history. The average of an Empire, I remember reading, is about 200 years. Which means the US has hmm..roughly 150 years left? It actually did not become an 'empire'per se until WWII. And Canada, for better or worse, is tied together with the US in however it does fall. War? Famine? Plague? short circuit in the internet? No idea. But we have a choice I think to make it something to be remembered fondly in legend or as a tale to frighten children.

Comments

[silme.livejournal.com]

No, no, you must read Elizabeth Bear's Hammered, in which Canada becomes a superpower with China -- both over the US.

[bardiphouka.livejournal.com]

Canada,imho, has far too much common sense to become a superpower. But then we are talking about a Country where the conservative part once went by the name CRAP

[silme.livejournal.com]

But read the book anyway. It's good. And she's up for the Campbell medal at Worldcon, so you could vote for her!

[bardiphouka.livejournal.com]

So many authors, so little time (looking at half a bookshelf I bought at Millenicon last weekend.