I agree, the argument is silly on it's face, but pragmatically speaking, until we can "convince"[0][1] every person alive (and the empowered leaders) to find ot

I agree, the argument is silly on it's face, but pragmatically speaking, until we can "convince"[0][1] every person alive (and the empowered leaders) to find other ways to allocate resources more efficiently such that everyone is satisfied to the degree of their own ideal resource consumption without resorting to conflict, I doubt things will change. Besides, def establishment is already clamoring for a "why not both option"[2] with increasing the development of capabilities to conduct war in space. [0] I have some ideas about how this can be done in practice in the future, though I suspect some could call it the War on Humans™ [1] https://elifesciences.org/articles/27069 https://elifesciences.org/articles/27069 "Tetherless magnetothermal deep brain neuro-stimulation" [2] http://spacenews.com/air-force-chief-goldfein-well-be-fighting-from-space-in-a-matter-of-years/ http://spacenews.com/air-force-chief-goldfein-well-be-fighti...