

First the treats were funded by the spoils, as concessions had to be made while a workers’ state was visibly making progress without empire.
Then the workers’ state was overthrown and there was no longer any need to concede any treats since the workers see no alternative.



Hell, you can’t even fly a consumer drone in Germany (or I assume the whole EU). Not because drones themselves are illegal (they aren’t), but because you must implicitly film people and property without their consent in order to operate the drone.