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No land-grab expanding empire from history has managed to survive more than a few hundred years. What makes us think that China would? Communism doesn't have
by barelysapient 3y ago
No land-grab expanding empire from history has managed to survive more than a few hundred years. What makes us think that China would?
Communism doesn't have a great track record of building empires that span a millennia.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> No land-grab expanding empire from history has managed to survive more than a few hundred years i.e. multiple human lifetimes. Carthage and Athens were thriving polities. The potential fruits of their minds were permanently lost.
- Jensson 3y ago> No land-grab expanding empire from history has managed to survive more than a few hundred years. What makes us think that China would? USA is a land-grab expanding empire, they still exist. Do you think USA will end just because it is the result of massive land grabs and conquest? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars