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if you can site emprical or logical evidence of a smaller decentralized command securing victory against a larger centralized command, all other things being equal, then provide your evidence. You are a complete idiot. The point is that it is not the case that a centralized command is a given . Assembling an army is a long process. Napoleon took advantage
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of course, stranger does not understand that an expertly led command that is at a disadvantage can still be victorious. I never asserted otherwise, indeed I stated in my original post that all things being equal was a condition for my proposition. stranger interjected an independent variable that supported his strawman logic. Do you even know what the
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The U.S. as an empire benefitted immensely from entering WWII.
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Napoleon didnt achieve success by dividing his forces, he was successful because he was a superior general. If his enemies divided their forces, they would have capitulated sooner. You're obviously an idiot. The whole point of splitting up his army was to fight his enemies while they were still divided and regrouping , in order that they wouldn't
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You stopped reading military history at Napoleon Bonaparte, who deliberately split up his army to fight in more places at once.
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http://mises.org/resources/3250
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Essentially the message is that when China and India opened up to foreign capital, foreign capital owners (global corporations) could obtain a much higher return on their capital than they could at home. Hence, capital moved East, while the West stagnated. At the same time, governments in the West have increased the costs on capital, accelerating the
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I daresay that the real key to the rise of absolute monarchism was the de facto adoption of legal positivism over natural law. Hence the concept of "the divine right of kings" went from "I am king by the grace of God and must obey His law like everyone else" to "I was anointed king by God and therefore can do whatever I want"
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They just say they're good for it. Seriously, that's how modern banking works. All credit. Open your wallet, look at a dollar bill. It says Federal Reserve Note. All this means, is that the Federal Reserve claims they're good for it.
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I'll admit, I was grasping at straws, heh. I didn't know this, as my history from that era is weak. You recommend any source material on this topic elaborated out? Or maybe just a good anti-state history text? Bertrand de Jouvenel covers this if I recall correctly.