> Throughout history capital has been used to stop competitors. Your examples are nations, not businesses. Obviously the economics of warfare are different: mo

> Throughout history capital has been used to stop competitors. Your examples are nations, not businesses. Obviously the economics of warfare are different: money (and resources more generally) are how you defeat your "enemies." I'm talking about capitalism, both industrial (Wealth of Nations-style) and modern financial capitalism which is the domain of business and markets, not war.