I don't really agree with this and totally fucking love these books. However, it is a fairly interesting essay.

  • LesbianLiberty [she/her]
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    4 months ago

    Yes, however, they colonized because their economies would crash which would mean toppling the economic order which helped keep those on top, on top. So for them the tendency for their economy to explode without colonial extraction could be seen as akin to a world ending disaster like the destruction of their planet or tsunamis wiping out Europe.