Comment by bawolff

> > Conquerers in the past used this strategy to win massive empires for themselves.

> Which conquerers? I can think of no historical example where a conquerer somehow convinced a target to take care of their needy so they could conquer.

I think the idea is that conqourers force their conquest economies to fit their needs, which is often not good for the conqoured. E.g. they might try to shutdown industries which build local wealth over ones that are more extractive.