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This seems rather mercantilist. There are many island nations with little natural resources and little capacity for offensive intelligence gathering which are q

This seems rather mercantilist. There are many island nations with little natural resources and little capacity for offensive intelligence gathering which are quite wealthy through trade alone.

irishcoffee 14y ago
I think here you're assuming wealth was the limited resource referred to, were it might be other things.
- javert 14y ago
  I can't think of something they can justifiably compete over, except security, in which case it's only jusitifable when the other party is initiating threats.
  - danneu 14y ago
    How about global clout?
    - javert 14y ago
      That does not seem like a justifiable thing to compete over, to me.