Originally Posted by logtroll
Originally Posted by Ezekiel
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Because it appears that you have included that conjecture in your definitions for the stated hypothesis about the cause of war. I don't think that supporting a hypothesis with conjecture is accepted scientific method.
No, I didn't. Scout did.
Originally Posted by ezekial
Political power IS economic power and, in today's world, economic power IS political power. So, by extension, increasing economic power is increasing political power.

Not the same at all.
I equated political and economic powers - that has nothing to do with "everything".
Besides, proving that "economics is the motivation for everything" would require defining what "everything" is... not an easy task.
Proving a more specific point: "economics is the main motivation for wars" is a more tractable starting point.

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