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According to this Adam Tooze article the wars cost around 800,000 dead people. Then there is the incalculable emotional cost to survivors and participants. Th
by syops 5y ago
According to this Adam Tooze article the wars cost around 800,000 dead people. Then there is the incalculable emotional cost to survivors and participants. This alone means that spending $6 trillion building trains would have been much better than on war.
https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-34-how-we-paid-for-the https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-34-how-we-paid-fo...
- sumedh 5y agoDont forget that the some of the kids who watched their parents being killed by American drones would have the desire to take revenge later when they grow up.