idk man parasites derive sustenance from the host, it seems more like they tend to view it as bad and attack it rather than extract wealth from 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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