3 ms·
Are you confused about why purchasing a large amount of nearly empty land with minimal disruption to the small number of people living there produced less confl
by plorkyeran 2y ago
Are you confused about why purchasing a large amount of nearly empty land with minimal disruption to the small number of people living there produced less conflict than a large number of people moving into an already-occupied area? The Alaska Purchase and the Israel/Palestine situation are two of the least similar things you could possibly pick to compare.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 2y agoPopulation density is certainly a valid hypothesis, but wouldn't it be nice to have a dataset to test it against?
- d1sxeyes 2y agoOf course. But your example is a bit like 'why is it so difficult to build a hundred-storey building? My uncle John built a shed in his back yard once, perhaps we should ask him to share how he did it.'
- hoseja 2y agoJudea was mostly empty too.