A power that needs what a people produce keeps them in place and takes the terms of exchange; a power that needs only their place removes them, and tells its story as development. Ansary, ch. 26: in Asia and Africa the Europeans "also wanted what the people of those lands were making. So they wanted those people to keep on keeping on"; in the American West "its pioneers weren't interested in what the Native Americans were producing. The new migrants were not coming to trade, nor even to conquer the original inhabitants, but to replace them"; "For the Europeans, the natives were simply in the way"; the development story had "a crack running down the middle of the narrative." That this splits the enfeeblement trap of C-HGZ7TES052 in two, kept-comfortable while still useful versus removed once not, and that the guard is people keeping a contribution the system needs, is Leo's step and, applied to AI, speculation.

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  The new migrants were not coming to trade, nor even to conquer the original inhabitants, but to replace them.

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  They wanted the resources of those lands, but they also wanted what the people of those lands were making. So they wanted those people to keep on keeping on.

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  When the United States expanded to the Pacific Ocean, its pioneers weren't interested in what the Native Americans were producing.

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  Within one generation, 90% of the native people of California had perished.

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  For the Europeans, the natives were simply in the way.

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  there was always a crack running down the middle of the narrative.

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  Although the owners were in a position to dictate terms, they needed workers to operate the machinery and keep the factories running.

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