CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@ml Are trees the pickup truck of botany?

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@ml/116222330559653892I should add that I'd be happy to meet up with Mastodonians on the way at non-smoking (or lighter smoke) outdoor cafés/eateries or just parks.Especially interested in meeting plant scientists and/or cyclists, but anyone progressive is cool. Would be nice to have "'net gets" like the old days.I'll be in València, Bilbao and Freiburg for sure. Possibly Antwerp and Vienna. It all depends on where I can get free/affordable lodgings and train seat reservations! #TootUp

I read a political science paper ?a decade ago? ?two? that had a hypothesis and some data... it compared the political health of many countries in Africa, post-WWII. If I'm remembering correctly, the "trick" was to have enough resources to not be stuck in subsistence agriculture, BUT the resources had to be... not easily centralizable? Because if they are you get warlords and then oligarchs.