[andrepd]

Well the obvious response is then "can I conquer your land by force too?". No. Because there is a construction of "lawful property rights" that starts with the appropriation of land by force but protects the new owner from the same.

[pcthrowaway]

Well technically the land can still be appropriated by force, only you have to apply it against the entire system which enforces "lawful property rights"

[whamlastxmas]

The most human thing ASI could do would be to have its own Manifest Destiny

[flutas]

or just use the system which enforces "lawful property rights"

see: Adverse Possession