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human history.
Nation-states have always been heavily dependent on territory. Lording over one’s subjects and minions from a throne is one thing, but that seat of power has to physically sit somewhere, the vassals and other classes must be separated from the monarch, and there must be sufficient ground on which to grow food, collect raw materials, and produce the goods that feed the king/queen and add to his/her wealth.
When there are shortages in the resources and goods, these may temporarily overcome via foreign adventures, however history suggests such approaches are replete with endless contradictions and “gotchas.”
Tbday, there are both micro and macro visions of territory, private homes, public right-ofways, corporate turf, state lines, national boundaries, three-mile limits, international waters, and on and on - up to,, and including, that final frontier, space, where Kirk, Spock, McCoy, et al, have been leading the exploration charge for the past 40 years.
The human tendency to acquire more or “better” space can take many forms: building or buying a nice big home in the ‘burbs, creating a corporate empire via space and subordinate expansion, or expanding boundaries via friendly annexation or - perish the thought -
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