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> However war is terrible for business. It’s not if it’s somewhere far away and you’re only concerned with selling weapons. The Great Disarmament of the Europe

• roenxi 3y ago
  Selling weapons far away is less use to a capitalist than improving the society around them. Weapons someone gives you resources, so that is nice, but if you build something enduring for the same amount you get positive externalities as well from a rich society. $1,000,000 in weapon sales is less useful for a business owner than $1,000,000 in building out, say, a good plumbing system. In the first case they get the million, but in the second case they also don't have to put up with as much disease in their local community. So the basic incentives here is not to put money into weapons unless demand is already there.