Do you think they have an accurate census now? Isn’t this the very subject the author is trying to outline?

anonymous908213 3 hours ago | parent [-]

No, but you are the one presupposing that an accurate census is a necessary tool of colonialism and conquest, which seems not to be borne out in any way by the history of colonialism and conquest.

	▲	pixl97 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Modern data driven enterprises typically like to avoid failure and do so at an appropriate cost. They didn't have these tools at all in the past, and on occasion a misguided conquest could lead to the end of the conquesting nation.