The Aztec empire could not have lasted, because it ruled by force; the Inca empire could have.

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• A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. JWJack Weatherford31 Jul 2025
• After the An Lushan rebellion, China's elite spent a thousand years ensuring no general could rebel again, which may have cost China the ability to lead the Industrial Revolution. BDBrad DeLong27 Sept 2026
• An institution can outlive the state that built it: the Church survived the collapse of Roman political authority when Rome’s other institutions did not. BDBret Devereaux28 Jan 2022
• China had more ideological influence in the world during the Cultural Revolution than it has today. BMBranko Milanovic12 Jul 2026

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