> military occupation and hegemonic vassalisation Not true. In a military occupation, the occupier gets resources from the occupied net/net. Not the other way

> military occupation and hegemonic vassalisation Not true. In a military occupation, the occupier gets resources from the occupied net/net. Not the other way around. If not for the US, most of Europe would be speaking German or Russian. A divided Europe ruined the world with two world wars and global colonialism. Imagine what would happen if Nazi Germany had survived. The terrors of colonial Belgium would pale in comparison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium#Exploitation,_atrocities,_and_death_toll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium#Exploita...