Date: 2008-11-05 08:47 pm (UTC)
That quote revealed great ignorance of history.

Empires have not made their own reality; they've had to work with the resources available. They could put a better spin on the reality ("presents to subjects of the Chinese Empire" rather than "tribute and bribes to barbarians," for example); but they didn't make their own reality.
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