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> I like this topic especially with the theory that wars are never fought over resources, they are always fought over status. You're not exactly wrong about st
by redis_mlc 6y ago
> I like this topic especially with the theory that wars are never fought over resources, they are always fought over status.
You're not exactly wrong about status and its perception, but it's more nuanced.
Japan in WW2 wanted to colonize Asia for resources, but they were also not happy with their treatment by the Allies after WW1.
And Germany in WW2 did invade Norway for iron ore, and wanted Alsace back. And then the Treaty of Versailles.
But when somebody takes your water, that is mainly a resource issue. And dams are fragile.
- tehchromic 6y agoAgreed. My point tho is not that mercenary interests are not willing to go to war to exploit resources, it's that the their interest in those resources has more to do with their persuit of status than with an underlying need for resources.
- redis_mlc 6y agoThat's not true in the cases I mentioned. Germany and Japan needed those resources, not status. In the case of the Himalayan headwaters, China and all of its neighbors need the same water.