[U S Army EOD]

It is truly a sad thing that happened to the Indian civilizations, but had they won, what would the country be like now.

Unfortunately, things change and if you can't adapt, you get left behind and ultimately your way of life is gone. It is hard to say by adjusting people can be better off. I say this because of the drastic drop in the overall Indian population. Whenever there is a clash of cultures, right or wrong, the ones with the technoligy will win. The same thing basically happened in Europe with the spread of the Roman empire.

[HiJinx]

Too very true...

I wonder what 'modernism' and our way of life is doing to people like the Afghans and Iraqis? I know they are going through a watershed experience, and not all of it is good.

I suspect only time will tell.

[SAMWolf]

Yep. Europe would be the dominant force on the planet and North America would be like the South American third world countries, assuming that the Europeans didn't come back and defeat them at a later date.