Wars have economies. And I don't mean financial economies, although that's often part of it. Why do people continue fighting these wars? There are financial incentives.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.
Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of God, or civilization or progress. But all of them, or almost all of the wars, have been trade wars.
Wars are expensive and dangerous. They're not political winners.
War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.
We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars... if we must wage war, we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and backwardness.
War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.
War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.
All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.
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