This is just the acceleration of an old trend: cultural empires crush small tribes. The book "Sapiens" tells the story of the Numantians, a people in Spain who

This is just the acceleration of an old trend: cultural empires crush small tribes. The book "Sapiens" tells the story of the Numantians, a people in Spain who resisted the Roman invasion and are today heroes in their country. However, the book notes that we only know about the Numantians because their resistance failed. They had no writing and the only records we have about them today are the ones the Romans left. And the very language that celebrates the Numantians (Spanish) is a direct ancestor of Latin (the Romans' language). In the end, empires are the ones that succeed at building civilizations and cultures, even if it results in crushing other civilizations and cultures. It is kinda like what economists call "creative destruction"[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction