Comment by toss1

Hmm. Although I've never read that tome, it would not surprise me to find he expresses similar strategies.

It's really just the Imperialist Autocrats' standard playbook, and it is little different from the schoolyard bully — "What's mine is mine, and what's yours is up for grabs".

They all just keep aggressing until they get hurt, then they find someone else to harass and steal from.