He wants land so he can point to an 'achievement'. Territory is concrete, so a simpleton can understand that. The notion of turning allies into enemies is more intangible so it registers le… (View Post)

Mr. L, a very useful post for those of us not familiar with lawyercraft. (View Post)

Good morning, everyone. There was a Canadian series about a female cop who came back in time from her own era, a near future in which global tech giants had effectively taken over the world. One of t… (View Post)

Slightly OT, ahem, but I recently read Maurice's Strategikon, and I think it was the Slavs that were asserted to keep people as slaves, but to free them after a few years and either let them go … (View Post)

Yeah, it's zealotry which is the common factor. That can be a major part of religion but political fundamentalism (fascism, communism etc) can be a cause too. It's also why closing down deb… (View Post)