they’re instead annexing nearby land

Aka erecting at center while circumcising circumference, hence central banking luring trust in, while central bankers are cutting trustees off.

Why? Because in nature...center (life) struggles within circumference (inception towards death).

Annex/annecetere - "to bind", hence few suggesting relgion/religio - "to bind anew" to tempt consenting many to bind themselves to few, which in return permits few to cut themselves off from bondage.