conquest

Conquest (by -8000) is taking and keeping land by military means.

 

The conquered: The four main ways to deal with the conquered:

1. Taxation: Leave them pretty much alone so long as they pay tribute or taxes or give over enough land. Examples: Persian Empire, Norman French.
2. Assimilation: privilege or force one’s culture (language, religion, etc) on them. This is in addition to taxation. Examples: the Arab Empire privileged its culture, while the French and ISIS forced theirs, as did Anglo Americans in the late stages of their conquest.
3. Deportation: kick them out. Examples: Babylonian Captivity of the Jews, Cherokee Trail of Tears.
4. Annihilation: wipe them out – aka genocide. This is above and beyond the battles and massacres necessary for mere conquest. Examples: Taino and Tasmanian genocides.

 

Words and phrases to make murder respectable:

• Civilization,
• Progress,
• Manifest Destiny,
• The White Man’s Burden,
• Freedom and Democracy,
• War on Terror.

Lao-tzu was not among the brainwashed:

“He who delights in conquest, delights in pain.”

 

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