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To make money. Deincentivising some kinds of war might have been a unexpected benefit, but it wasn't the motive.
by searine 10y ago
To make money.
Deincentivising some kinds of war might have been a unexpected benefit, but it wasn't the motive.
- masklinn 10y ago> Deincentivising some kinds of war might have been a unexpected benefit, but it wasn't the motive. That's complete ahistorical nonsense.
- mywittyname 10y agoActually, it's original purpose was literally to prevent war between France and Germany. > 'make war not only unthinkable but materially impossible' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Commun...
- searine 10y agoYes I am sure the European Coal and Steel Community had peace as their primary motivator in their creation of a globalist market for their product.
- mywittyname 10y agoPeace absolutely was their primary motivation because it's impossible to have any sort of prosperity when neighboring states are waging a brutal war every generation. The rivalry of France and Germany has existed since long before German unification and was long considered to be unavoidable. Which is why the primary goal of the ECSC to prevent either nation from independently producing weapons of war.