> The value of the land in a long run tends towards infinity, especially if it is populated with taxable people and factories. The taxable people often end up

> The value of the land in a long run tends towards infinity, especially if it is populated with taxable people and factories. The taxable people often end up dead and the factories destroyed. Since about the (Second) Industrial Revolution going after land really hasn't been a good way to gain wealth. Sarah Paine, Professor of History and Strategy at the US Naval War College has some interesting ideas in "The Geopolitics and History of Continental and Maritime Power": * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0QrOjqXx8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0QrOjqXx8U * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcVSgYz5SJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcVSgYz5SJ8