Modern wars in the first world are fought more over economic reasons to maintain a population's standard of living rather than for physical defense of the popul

Modern wars in the first world are fought more over economic reasons to maintain a population's standard of living rather than for physical defense of the populace. We could have a country with just Congress as the population and we'd declare war against everyone else if 2 billion robots could do the fighting if it ever endangered our American exceptionalism. Similar goes for Russia as well. It is almost more like an exercise of military might is an expression of economic superiority.