The Persian envoy passage embodies empire’s advantage of mass, organization, and death: inexhaustible resources against a small city.
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Mass Organization Death
The Persian envoy passage embodies empire’s advantage of mass, organization, and death: inexhaustible resources against a small city.
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"Why are you so mad as to love your war against the king? For neither can you get the better off him nor can..."
"Okay. So this is the idea of empire right? Just mass organization and death. We are infinite in our resources. We are infinite in..."
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