Both are essentially about control one way or another essentially - if it is people or objects varies by situation and level of scope between personal and socie

Both are essentially about control one way or another essentially - if it is people or objects varies by situation and level of scope between personal and societal. Do they want gold because it gets them prestiege or because of crude evopsych "the trend gets them laid with ideal partners"? Modern resource wars among major powere as a projection personally puzzle me. Raw resources tend to be the cheapest part period and expensive goods have many inferior subsitutes. Essentially even relatively lousy means of acquiring resources like say desalination would be cheaper than first world water wars that often are projected as doomsday scenarios. The undeveloped world engaging in them? That is sadly plausible and unfortunately not exactly novel. History unfortunately shows people will happily screw over the weak and think it actively moral even if it harms themselves while thinking angering the strong immoral even if it makes things better for all. They wouldn't be neccessary for the developed world but they may be tempted if they see a vulnerable enough nation.