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In case you don't think that a society can commit suicide you might want to study Easter Island. There have been several popular books about this recently, but my little essay gives the short version:

Easter Island and the Arms Race

One could also argue that Germany tried twice (and almost succeeded) to commit suicide in the 20th Century. Whoever in Germany thought they would come out ahead by starting two world wars was proved wrong. (Maybe Krupp did alright).

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by rdf (robert.feinman@gmail.com) on Tue May 9th, 2006 at 05:40:38 PM EST

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