Message from @Jokerfaic
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bull fucking shit
Look at America's GDP during WWI and WWII
It's that or open a completely free market.
or actually bring jobs to the midwest
instead of completely lying about punishing those who send them away
people don't seem to understand, the equipment, facilities, shipping yards, factories, warehouses, those didn't fucking disappear
@Mersenne war is not good for the economy. It's an extrapolation of the Broken Window Fallacy
the jobs, as in physical tasks, are still all here
the only thing that's changed is who some dickhead in a suit is paying for it and where
@Benjamin Henry - That's a solid point. War is the catalyst for industrial revolution, albeit conflict must directly benefit the host nation for long-term yields.
But the increase in production will never reach a break-even point with peaceful expansion
Because stuff gets broken, and has to be repaired before any gains can be made
produce, export, deal, rinse, repeat
contrarywise, locate a product you need, observe how others import it and from who, observe the greatest supply at the closest range, find something they want that you have, deal, rinse, repeat
if you don't have it, find someone who does, deal, etc, etc
That's under the assumption that peaceful expansion is equally expeditious in it's development. The money contributing to repairs would have been invested in the economy regardless. War, while a plague on humanity, drives the rapid development of nations
then bam, suddenly you have the global marketplace
To be fair, unchecked growth results in collapse. The USSR being a great example of this.
and the past and current bubbles
observe the signs, corporations are already buying back their own stocks in broad daylight to artificially inflate the value
@Mersenne I actually think you could get all the expansion that would generally come with war peacefully if there's a competitive rivalry between the two states
Without the destruction that war usually causes
exactly, imagine an energy race
It's the competition that drives advancement, not the war itself
Agreed. If congress properly enforced antitrust laws, you would see competition drive the market and promotion competition for the benefit of consumers.
imagine the US and europe competing to see who can make the most efficient fusion power
@Mersenne true
or the safest biomedical technologies
@Jokerfaic absolutely
or the most nutritious ultimate food supplements
take one with nearly any meal, triple the benefits of your daily calisthenics
Since I'm getting close to 40 years old, I would love that
Or emergency caloric supplements, for extreme cold environments
maybe better to make that some sort of snackbar
oxygen pills for asthma victims
I had a thought years ago that, in the future, you wouldn't take pills anymore, but rather ate some sort of salad every day
I was driving when suddenly it was as if millions of voices cried and were suddenly silenced after seeing there are no evidence based accusations to impeach Trump.
That provides all your medicine and nutrients
The arbitrary and inflated cost of medical corporations is America's current crisis. Politician's casually propose "Healthcare for All" as their social platform, and fail to hold companies accountable for monopolizing their products.
Just make the federal government negotiate the prices, like everyone fucking else does