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Wars are used to force citizens to give up their labour for free to the state. In a country with financial mismanagement wars can be used to erase debts. The U

Wars are used to force citizens to give up their labour for free to the state. In a country with financial mismanagement wars can be used to erase debts. The US does and will go to war if it feels its dollar/oil hedgemony is threatened. if the dollar demand/circulation outside US falls for any reason, it will cause hyperinflation within the US economy. So they have to constantly threaten/intimidate other countries.

vkou 5y ago
> Wars are used to force citizens to give up their labour for free to the state. Wet streets don't cause rain, and wars aren't started in order to collect taxes. Wars are started to pursue particular goals, many of which I have listed in my prior post. > The US does and will go to war if it feels its dollar/oil hedgemony is threatened. This is an interesting, and oft-repeated theory, that, unfortunately does not survive contact with history. It's not a strong explanation for the majority of the conflicts that the US has been involved in. It is not remotely an explanation for the majority of the conflicts that other countries are involved in. Which dollar/oil hegemony is Russia trying to maintain in Crimea? China in Tibet? USSR in Afghanistan? Argentina in the Falklands? Sudan in Darfur? Israel in Lebanon? Saudi Arabia in Yemen? ISIS in Syria? Never mind that BTC doesn't do a thing about the dependency of industrialized sociaties on oil, minerals, fresh water, and other limited material resources.