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quas wrote:

Frank Merton wrote:The idea that wars are always traceable in the end to economics is good old Marxist Communism. Not even the Communists think that way any more.

War, what is it good for?

Well, it's sometimes a prisoners dilemma. Then sometimes the most rational thing to do is to invest in fire arms. There isn't really a 'big' reason.

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