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There are interesting ideas here, but also a lot of presumption. Just because a people lacked stone writing and centralisation doesn't mean they were free of lo

• brabel 2y ago
  I was thinking the same thing. I don't think there's evidence of anyone ever trying to flee from an Empire where they lived, at least if they were not there as slaves brought from another area. If the "outside" was so great, you would expect people to try to move there... everything I've read so far makes me believe the exact opposite has been true. People tend to want to move to more prosperous areas, just check the world today.
  • golergka 2y ago
    Soviet union was in most ways a colonial empire, and a lot of people risked their lives to escape from it.
    • brabel 2y ago
      That just shows people may want to flee from one empire to another, which does not counter anything.