On 1 Feb 2016 at 16:51, Knapp wrote:

> Yes, the just took it. But why not just buy it from the people? Why
> use mill power when you could use economic and free choice power? The
> power of a rich land to buy a poor one with the promise of fixing
> them up and giving them cash in the meantime?

Look at the way the Louisiana Purchase and seward's purchase of
Alaska were received by the public. *Especially* "Seward's Folly".

Spending money to *directly* purchase land/territories is often seen
as a waste.

But if you take land as "reparations" after a war, that's just fine.

doesn't make sense, but then we are dealing with gut responses from
the public, not reasoned decisions.

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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
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