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the LAW OF CONSERVATION OF BANDITS strikes again… put this one up there in \u201crecurring historical patterns\u201d right next to the Tyranny of the Horse Equation.

What’s the Law of Conservation of Bandits?

If you have a raider problem

And you raise an army to kill them

and then you disband your army

now you have a raider problem

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