Yohshie wrote:
If you want to make your nation the biggest empire that polices the entire world, the best way to go is of course to first kick peasants off the land and then offshore industrial workers' jobs to other countries. Otherwise, you don't enjoy a big surplus population willing to go to war at low costs.
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Brilliant!
Mike B
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