> inherit tribalistic nature I don't think its as simple as inherent in tribal nature. Leaders are selected and they need to consider the opinion of the electo

> inherit tribalistic nature I don't think its as simple as inherent in tribal nature. Leaders are selected and they need to consider the opinion of the electorate (this concept applies to non-democratic states as well). In Political Science this is called electorate theory. > I think that the leaders who push for war actually share similar beliefs as a nationalism-driven populace -- it's more than mere exploitative Agree. > Nationalism (and some things which are tangentially related like imperialism) was by many historical accounts one of the major forces that led to WWI. (As well as many other wars, I might add.) Nationalism I would agree but in the end the choice was with some leaders, and many of those were not really nationalist but rather classical conservatives. Your point about resources is correct, they wanted to control those resources, not relay on markets and cooperation. After that the Nazis doubled down on those terrible zero sum ideas.