But Empires have a different need on the part of the body politic, they don't need the same sense of common identity to survive.
An Empire can afford to have groups which believe the others would like to see them eliminated, so long as the Powers That Be, are seen as strong enough to prevent it.
So long as that belief lasts, then there is no need for the parts to be, at all, homogenous.
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Date: 2007-03-10 11:36 pm (UTC)An Empire can afford to have groups which believe the others would like to see them eliminated, so long as the Powers That Be, are seen as strong enough to prevent it.
So long as that belief lasts, then there is no need for the parts to be, at all, homogenous.
TK