surely by now there must be academics doing historical studies trying to formulate theories for how that place is so pathologically self-sabotaging right
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but on the other hand maybe all it is is access to outside resources that can be extracted from non-members, acquisitiveness reigns in all periods, and enrichment of the public is always a mere side effect
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I've been reading about balance of power a lot recently and it seems that the common thread is, when power is unclear and widely distributed, constant conflict over it
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whether by improving internally or subjugating outside parties for the purpose of building one's own power relative to rivals, or warring against rivals to increase one's own power while breaking theirs
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and every period of pax whatevera is always a young empire, secure in its power over all in a position to threaten it, so conflict abates and internal security becomes a given
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and it could be a mix of legitimacy, fear, and skillful application of power that accomplishes this! but it could also just be, coasting on the fresh plunders of said expansion. I'm not sure
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[citation needed] on whether the system used to work better or not. We used to have lower taxation and lower regulation, but that could just be due to accretion over time.
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