> Matt wrote: > Um, survival of the fittest? > Well, this really means the economically fittest - ironically. There's such a thing as a "war chest" and unless you have a big one that means you can't wage war too long.
In order to get enough disposable capital to wage war you either have to have stolen it all (thus meaning your country is about to go broke) or have a viable economy. Typically countries that wage imperialistic wars have the most advanced economies, thus they have the most advanced technologies, thus they have the most advanced weapons. To sustain the war they also need a strong industrial economy or, at a minimum, trading access to one. And, even more ironically, if a country somehow has the capital to wage war but that capital is stolen, even if they win they eventually collapse because they don't have sophisticated economies to support a population and thus lose the ability to defend themselves (i.e., USSR) And, of course, this same force of nature applies to these banana republics that try to win the lottery by cannibalizing their private industry - typically oil these days. The same thing happens to them as happens to all lottery winners that didn't learn how to earn money. They quickly go broke. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206278 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
