Originally Posted by Ezekiel
Please tell me where I denied saying that economics was the main reason. I have always maintained that point. What I didn't say is that it is the only reason.
Surely you see the difference.
Originally Posted by Ezekiel
Right, so, I said it a hundred times and here goes 101 - I think that economics is almost always the cause of war.
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Originally Posted by Ezekiel
My hypothesis is quite specific, to wit:
ECONOMICS IS THE MAIN MOTIVATION FOR WARS AND INTERVENTIONS.
I haven't asked 100 times, but I have asked numerous times, which claim are you making? Sometimes it's "is" sometimes it's "almost always". Surely you see the difference.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller