Leaders of nations frequently provoke warfare for purely economic or political reasons.
A war between countries requires that a significant number of citizens are easily brainwashed
From the soldiers who must be willing to kill strangers, and be killed themselves, for something they do not understand
To the general public, which must support the ideal of murdering others for gain.
In reality, all the standard excuses countries use to defend acts of aggression do not justify slaughtering people who have done you no wrong.
War against another nation is perceived as a war against that state, as an entity unto itself
But a state is composed of the individuals inhabiting that area
Women
Children
The elderly
The poor
The handicapped
.
People you would normally treat with compassion
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