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Originally Posted by Westheim
Nah, it's not. Things still made sense in 1346. I can logically explain to you why the Kings of England styled themselves Kings of France, too, all the way up to 1801, or why the descendants of Edward III beat another's heads in for a century and serially-murdered and betrayed another because of who descended from Eddie in a straight male line and who did not. Why Brewers games are blacked out in Iowa, but they can watch Mets games all they want? No.
The throne claims of the Yorks and Lancasters make sense. MLB blackout rules couldn't be further from anything vaguely resembling sense.
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When the Black Death hit Europe in 1341, it wiped out 1 in 5 people, dead.
The Plague was cycle, about every generation, for a full century or more.
The Dark Ages essentially ended when there were so few workers that their wages went up, HUGELY.
Call it a living wage. Either way, this led to the Renaissance, and the growth of the middle class.
Look at China, now. Their birthrate is negative, and this will result in extreme worker shortages in just a few years, as more and more of the workforce retires.
This retiring workforce doesn't have social security, and will be a MASSIVE burden for China. By the end of THIS century, China's population will drop...by HALF. No...this will NOT be "China's century."