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>I believe the notion that states are driven to war by resources seeking, which can result simply from incompetent government, poor tax collection, or natural c

>I believe the notion that states are driven to war by resources seeking, which can result simply from incompetent government, poor tax collection, or natural catastrophe. So global prosperity is the best deterrent to war. This is assuming the definitions of resources line up. Some things that should be treated as a resource based on historic evidence of human behavior are not, thus they aren't included in global prosperity guidelines and thus the potential for them to create conflict and human right abuses (even if they don't escalate to war) persists even when optimizing for prosperity. As an example, consider the gender disparity in China that is driving a massive and growing human trafficking problem despite an increase in prosperity.

dosy 8y ago
Poorer women and men from poorer countries have forever traveled to rich lands in search of partners and opportunities. The "left behind" (say the surplus of men in Vietnam, far greater than in China, in any case) are obviously unhappy about the situation and blaming "China" or "America" is an easy scapegoat, but the issues are less foreign and more domestic and economic. It's always easier to blame foreigners, but looking within the country and taking responsibility is the only way to better the situation of its inhabitants. When emotive issues like sex and marriage are involved people understandably get confused and forget that. A great positive for China is the equality of gender opportunity has created the situation where many hard working, intelligent women choose a career, business or personal focus over relationships. And a female-heavy workforce is actually a boon for national security, and more men able to work more hours a boon for the economy. It's those other countries, those with many young and angry youth, but without the strong economies to put them to work, and easily angered by issues such as blaming foreign states, that are more security risks for creating war.
- SkyBelow 8y ago
  >The "left behind" (say the surplus of men in Vietnam, far greater than in China, in any case) are obviously unhappy about the situation and blaming "China" or "America" is an easy scapegoat, but the issues are less foreign and more domestic and economic. Regardless of the root cause, these tensions can give rise to issues that can push countries to war, or to the current day equivalent in this era of MAD.
  - dosy 8y ago
    not really. countries go to war not because their populations are aggrieved, but because it economically makes sense for war. agrievments of the population are simply tools to motivate people, rouse and direct their energies towards the goal. if war is not the goal but rather peace, an interacting mesh of these tensions can be used to stabilize the population. direct their energy towards each other rather than towards creating change, for instance. I think you misunderstand the Dynamics.

dosy 8y ago

Poorer women and men from poorer countries have forever traveled to rich lands in search of partners and opportunities. The "left behind" (say the surplus of men in Vietnam, far greater than in China, in any case) are obviously unhappy about the situation and blaming "China" or "America" is an easy scapegoat, but the issues are less foreign and more domestic and economic. It's always easier to blame foreigners, but looking within the country and taking responsibility is the only way to better the situation of its inhabitants. When emotive issues like sex and marriage are involved people understandably get confused and forget that. A great positive for China is the equality of gender opportunity has created the situation where many hard working, intelligent women choose a career, business or personal focus over relationships. And a female-heavy workforce is actually a boon for national security, and more men able to work more hours a boon for the economy. It's those other countries, those with many young and angry youth, but without the strong economies to put them to work, and easily angered by issues such as blaming foreign states, that are more security risks for creating war.

SkyBelow 8y ago
>The "left behind" (say the surplus of men in Vietnam, far greater than in China, in any case) are obviously unhappy about the situation and blaming "China" or "America" is an easy scapegoat, but the issues are less foreign and more domestic and economic. Regardless of the root cause, these tensions can give rise to issues that can push countries to war, or to the current day equivalent in this era of MAD.
- dosy 8y ago
  not really. countries go to war not because their populations are aggrieved, but because it economically makes sense for war. agrievments of the population are simply tools to motivate people, rouse and direct their energies towards the goal. if war is not the goal but rather peace, an interacting mesh of these tensions can be used to stabilize the population. direct their energy towards each other rather than towards creating change, for instance. I think you misunderstand the Dynamics.