> There is no justification needed, other than that's what humans did back then. When was the time justification started to be required? Because people knew

> There is no justification needed, other than that's what humans did back then. When was the time justification started to be required? Because people knew it was bad in 15th century already. When it suited them :) This guy was trying to persuade pope that forcibly converting pagans was a bad idea and that Teutonic Order shouldn't be conquering and ruling over them just cause they are pagans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawe%C5%82_W%C5%82odkowic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawe%C5%82_W%C5%82odkowic Of course, he only had an opportunity to say so because Poland had an interest in preventing Teutonic Order from growing. But still. Also - fighting wars isn't something we only did "back then". If you live in a "developed world" odds are - your country fought a war in last 2 decades. We still do it, right now. Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed parts of it a few years ago and there's still a war going on there as we speak, with hundreds people killed each year. Israel just bombed Syrian army forces last week and repeatedly pushes Palestinians out of their territory. USA is fighting a war somewhere almost each year for the last 100 years or so (admitedly - there's little conquering, it's mostly "sphere of influence" stuff). Iraq and Afghanistan is obvious, and half of NATO participated, including my country. This is not something we grew out of. It's just that when the system works - it happens far away from the "important" countries, so we can pretend we grew wise and don't do this shit anymore. It was the same in the late 19th century - you were supposed to fight your wars far away, so you can have your European parts comfy and peaceful. Only when the system fails and you have wars in "important" countries - people suddenly get back to reality.