> a general property of cultures that are like Brazil's Interesting take. Another such "superior" culture (or rather, superior military-industrial economy buil

> a general property of cultures that are like Brazil's Interesting take. Another such "superior" culture (or rather, superior military-industrial economy built on sustaining/managing conflict) exports mass policing technology to Brazil. https://idanlandau-com.translate.goog/2016/02/04/technologies-of-oppression-between-israel-and-brazil/?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en https://idanlandau-com.translate.goog/2016/02/04/technologie... (in Hebrew: https://idanlandau.com/2016/02/04/technologies-of-oppression-between-israel-and-brazil/ https://idanlandau.com/2016/02/04/technologies-of-oppression...) ...which is OP's point, that it needn't be zero sum, at least not from regional/global superpowers.