Mind-blowing: The Inca governed an empire spanning 2500 miles and encompassing 10 million subjects, a feat they managed *without the wheel* and *without a formal writing system*
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My above model doesn’t seem to apply well to modern day Europe. Catalonia is a captive autonomous zone that is a net tax payer to Spain. UK seems to be a net payer to the EU.
I think your point is well-taken though. There just be many occupations that aren’t economically profitable. Which raises the question (for me) of how they manage to be politically profitable...?
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1. Net profitability isn’t required for public choice considerations. 2. Even if an occupation isn’t creating net revenue, it might increase the perceived status of the country. And even when that is questionable, a withdrawal would still be an admission of defeat by the leader.
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ah yes, “public choice theory,” very good. that’s the angle i was grasping at (but forgot it had a name
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