On Aug 26, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

> Would an urge to expand/conquer (Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Manifest Destiny, etc) be enough to initiate, sustain, & then maintain something like that?

There is no such thing as ‘urge to expand/conquer’.

All of those above mentioned things were all about capturing lucrative trade and income and/or valuable resources. A low-trade 3I offers nothing to conquer; without the kinds of economic gain derived from trade you cannot afford to go a-conquering. Even the Vikings preferred trade to pillage…in fact most of their pillaging was to get goods to fence, I mean ‘trade’ :-)

No one goes off conquering for the joy of conquering. ALWAYS follow the money!

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
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