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DanArmak comments on Crazy Ideas Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanArmak 08 July 2015 11:42:41AM 2 points [-]

Subsistence farmers waged bloody wars throughout history. Either a 1% product surplus or simple robbery can provide the keepup of an armed force. The force might be small, a band of a few hundred or thousand men, but it can pillage the countryside unopposed until it meets a bigger army.