I agree with Butler's point but think he's missing the forest for the trees by focusing on territory acquisition and profits from production of war materials. T

I agree with Butler's point but think he's missing the forest for the trees by focusing on territory acquisition and profits from production of war materials. The real point of war is that it's a way to farm us (the masses) for rapid development of promising new technologies, e.g. — — US Civil war: Rifles, telegraph, railroads — World War 1: Optics, radio communication, aviation, tracked vehicles — World War 2: Computers, cryptography, atomic energy, radar and microwave communication, global logistics (fuels, containerization, etc) — Cold War: SPAAAAACE