It's been motivated by profit, but this harms the motivation Right now it is profitable for us to go to war. Contracts are signed, jobs are created, it is good

It's been motivated by profit, but this harms the motivation Right now it is profitable for us to go to war. Contracts are signed, jobs are created, it is good for powerful wealthy people for the country to be at war. And if you're powerful enough the risk of retaliation is so low that it's all gain and no cost (outside of human cost which is never enough apparently) With this type of war the equation would be switched. Going to war directly harms wealthy benefactors, who as a result of their wealth hold political influence. We're already seeing that aren't we? Espionage at companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin. It's not harming any "normal person" but it's directly hurting the pocketbooks of powerful people. It creates incentive to avoid conflict in a way that (unfortunately) young men and women dying doesn't seem to have done in the past