When you put it that way it makes me more sympathetic to the idea, horrifying as it is. War has been one of the biggest things that led to progress, unfortunate

When you put it that way it makes me more sympathetic to the idea, horrifying as it is. War has been one of the biggest things that led to progress, unfortunately. And we don't seem to have learned how to do without it. Walter Scheidel's work has been interesting about this. https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/can-inequality-only-be-fixed-by-war-revolution-or-plague https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/can-inequal...