True, but you also have to consider ROI on invasion.
New Zealand is pretty self sufficient, but do you want to sail half way around the world to plunder a country that can feed you for a day or two, or do you want to invade next door where they have enough to supply you indefinitely and locally?
Sometimes it's better to be remote and irrelevant.
mike
npub1aq…c237n
2026-09-19 10:32:45 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…0fza
Author Public Key
npub1aqakd28d95muqlg6h6nwrvqq5925n354prayckr424k49vzjds4s0c237nPublished at
2026-09-19 10:32:45 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "64180f01fbaf32d427b4fd1c1d3d7349b81c647b495040189bd251c570bd4d31",
"pubkey": "e83b66a8ed2d37c07d1abea6e1b000a15549c69508fa4c5875556d52b0526c2b",
"created_at": 1789813965,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"a95ce06b37c2f7c5e477b61d3a10ddad03cd8b196886327bae5829af2a057d6b",
"wss://relay.nos.social",
"root",
"e83b66a8ed2d37c07d1abea6e1b000a15549c69508fa4c5875556d52b0526c2b"
],
[
"e",
"0fb8c97e6e13262502f15ce889b66c3c8fbb5cd05109da11ef36e18bf342a647",
"wss://relay.primal.net/",
"reply",
"16d76f262b689bb1a33faa2df954dbe7ac717937fad4765a05ddfae3dac92856"
],
[
"p",
"16d76f262b689bb1a33faa2df954dbe7ac717937fad4765a05ddfae3dac92856"
]
],
"content": "True, but you also have to consider ROI on invasion. \n\nNew Zealand is pretty self sufficient, but do you want to sail half way around the world to plunder a country that can feed you for a day or two, or do you want to invade next door where they have enough to supply you indefinitely and locally?\n\nSometimes it's better to be remote and irrelevant.",
"sig": "1e8c0938e0529222dbdcd2a635911d056e0adf89bb5eaeef89c00af2c0bb64f92f22738bd135a6e9ed5da99884550395b1054b0ca1881facb934587df121dd44"
}