@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

beware fake growth, its a very real cancer

@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

@Wizard_of_The_West when Oculus first came out, I was telling everybody that I thought I had heard a million champagne corks popping at every porn production company headquarters

Fuck your invisible hand of the free market bullshit, people are DYING

Yeah I fucking believe that

VR porn is fuckin based, now that its relatively easy to set up

bit of a rough experience at first

Especially for the cameraman