i wouldn't be surpised if it was a net positive

surprised*

White countries are rich because of war

lol

white countries are rich because they fought each other for years

and that sparks innovation

im not saying anything about the morality of war

im saying that it sparks innovation

Asian countries have been at war for millenniums

not as much as europe

African countries have been warring forever

especially since china was united for a long time

Anyone listen to grant macdonald

trust me, europe has had a lot more wars with each other

than china has had with its nation states

thats why china was more develpoed than europe 2000-3000 years ago

because they fought more

Qing China #1

Monarchy china lasted

a looooong time

Qing China was #1

because that time was the bloodiest time for china

AMMONITE GANG

Qing > All

Qing was very developed because they fought a shit ton

Mandate of heaven anyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ehUJqerH4

we kinda ended up fucking up qing with all that opium though

imo @IUisbae's position can be sumarized as this: war could be an important condition for technical development, but is not a sufficient condition

yes that is my position

IQ could matter

but war is an important catalyst

for innovation

especially back then

there is very little need for innovation unless there is war

Look at where we went technologically between the first world war and today

Why does America invent so much stuff

culture of inventing i guess

and that too

american didn't invent that much though, The germans invented most of the stuff. and the USA ran with it