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All Empires Have Depended On Local Legitimacy And Local Collaboration; They Are Not Based Primarily On Coercion. An Imperial Rule That Relies Wholly On Coercion Can't Endure. It's Too Expensive.

The Rise Of The West Is, Quite Simply, The Pre-eminent Historical Phenomenon Of The Second Half Of The Second Millennium After Christ.

From The Earliest Days, The Rothschilds Appreciated The Importance Of Proximity To Politicians, The Men Who Determined Not Only The Extent Of Budget Deficits But Also The Domestic And Foreign Policies.

If Young Men Have Jobs - Or The Prospects Of Jobs - They Are Less Likely To Take Up Arms, They Are Less Likely To Join The Resistance.

I Would Say I'm A 19th-century Liberal, Possibly Even An 18th-century One.