https://twitter.com/cafreiman/status/1461066547661836301

I love the idea of hundreds of small civilizations whose only record of existing is like going to war with Rome/Byzantine Empire or something having an accurate tally of all trades that occur domestically.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Chandragupta II was emperor of the Gupta Empire in India from 375 to 415 CE. The lib in the tweet is endorsing a rise in GDP over time as his own politics. This means the lib is ostensibly opposed to the past, which had a supposedly low GDP.