clipka wrote:

> somebody schrieb:
> 
>> Can you imagine all the sudden productivity increase we would experience?
>> No cell phones, no youtube, no computer games, no pov-ray, no newsgroups!
>> With that kind of manpower available, we'd take no time reviving those
>> dormant technologies. Also, don't forget that much of that is still alive
>> in the third world to varying degrees.
> 
> Would be an interesting twist: First world being thrown back behind the
> third world...

I really enjoyed V for Vendetta where "The Voice of London" talks about the 
"degenerates of America." Kind of an "oh how the might have fallen" kind of 
comment.

Imagine Sweden begging us for... erm... begging us for...

Nope sorry, I can't imagine the third world being able to offer any products 
(except unrefined ores and some diamonds) to anybody.

Thing is, if this happens the first world will in short order start up 
alternative technologies (like bringing steam power back) while the third 
would will do what it always does - beg from and blame everything on the 
First World.
-- 
Stefan Viljoen

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