One of the most dramatic examples of this antithetical development was the inability for the feudal system to develop in this novel setting. ... Hence, its failure in the "New World" forced "Americans" to derive their own culture from a European one which had been driven by the feudal system. ... The Feudal system, which was hugely successful in Europe, failed to take root in America for many reasons. ... This system relied on the scarcity of land in Europe. "For centuries the problem in Europe had been that of securing enough land for the people, but in the New World the elements in the equat...

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This equation of moral correctness=superior intellect is annoying, to say the least. ... "....death penalty opponents have a major stake in convincing people that the system deals adequately with criminals short of killing them, and that an abolition of the death penalty won't lead to other dubious European practices, such as gun confiscation, short sentences for violent criminals, and an emphasis on punishing citizens for acting in self-defense against criminals, all of which is widespread in the death-penalty-free European countries. ... Rummel at September 28, 2003 09:34 PM Commen...

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He formulated the equation E=MC2, which converted energy and mass which he discovered were part of the same reality. ... I am a strong believer that ideas should be subject to change, and that we should learn from our past and be very wary of our structuring of ideas into belief systems that become increasingly hard to change even if it is proven for the better. ...

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I would like to compare the whole Hapsburg-Europe equation with what the Soviet Union did in the 1980's. ... It had the best weapons systems in the world but yet it fell after invading poor and medieval Afghanistan. ...

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