Originally Posted by Ezekiel
...Imperialism is an economic motive. Balance of power is an economic motive.

At the risk of repeating myself: I know that there are many stories, the causes I believe are mainly economic.
Let me put a few words in your mouth, as you see it, or rephrase what you said as it came across to me, as I see it... both imperialism and balance of power are economic motives. Period.
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Imperialism is an economic motive. Balance of power is an economic motive.
I guess I didn't actually distort or rephrase what you said, but I think that imperialism and balance of power are also products of other influences, as stated in your linked article about WWI.

It would appear that your position is that all of the influences listed are merely other names for economic motivations? Perhaps the author of the article was just being wordy, maybe because of the economic motivation of being paid by the word?

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