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5. If they weren't resource-rich, imperialists wouldn't give a shit about them

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 07:42 PM

Sep 2012

So the hobbits can just keep creeping toward Mount Doom while the Eye of Mordor is focussed elsewhere.

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Resource-rich countries do worse [View all] eridani Aug 2012 OP

They get robbed by LESS resource-rich countries, elleng Aug 2012 #1

Yes, precisely so. mbperrin Aug 2012 #2

Very true, but the factors listed in the OP are also relevant n/t eridani Aug 2012 #3

You are overlooking something Red Aegis Sep 2012 #4

valid analysis... but application shows the opposite annasmith Sep 2012 #6

Oil isn't the only resource eridani Sep 2012 #7

Hong Kong honestgrifter Sep 2012 #8