• tetris11@feddit.uk
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    10 hours ago

    *a few. I like to believe wars were fought more over resource domineering than ideology or emotion

    Otherwise jesus are we lost as a species

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      5 hours ago

      Yeah. Wars weren’t fought because a king had a temper tantrum. Wars were mostly fought to control land.

      This is mistaking cause and effect. Fighting over land results in a lot of strong emotions. Emotions aren’t the cause of fighting over land.

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        I mean the War of the Roses was fought initially for resources/control, but began to become more about settling bitter feuds than economic gain. But I see these as exceptions