When the war machine is running everything is great. But when it slows down people get laid off and have no money to buy stuff. So there is a recession as economies normalize.
Recessions lead to war. The peasants grow too many that they can't all be fed so they're sent to the killing fields. The Great Depression happened because even though we got a lot better at killing each other via the Machine Gun, WW1 was more survivable than previous wars. War is the thousand year old remedy to a population surplus. Genocide is another popular option. But war hasn't worked out too well recently and people are well informed and will resist outright genocide.
There are more civilized ways. We don't actually have any problem housing and feeding everyone in the country. We just want to keep clinging to this "work to live" mentality instead of using our godlike technology to free us from labor.
When fiscal or monetary policy fails to stimulate the economy, we turn to war.
If our economy wasn't in a recession last quarter, it will definitely be in recession this quarter. Obama seems keen on avoiding war. But, the next POTUS--whoever it is--will likely start something.
Universal Basic Income would solve the problem very easily. War machine dies down, people lose their defense contract jobs but still have their UBI and can pursue their individual goals instead of chasing an employer that will continue to pay them.
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PraiseIPU ago
There is always a recession after a war.
It's not a conspiracy it's economics.
When the war machine is running everything is great. But when it slows down people get laid off and have no money to buy stuff. So there is a recession as economies normalize.
Mylon ago
Recessions lead to war. The peasants grow too many that they can't all be fed so they're sent to the killing fields. The Great Depression happened because even though we got a lot better at killing each other via the Machine Gun, WW1 was more survivable than previous wars. War is the thousand year old remedy to a population surplus. Genocide is another popular option. But war hasn't worked out too well recently and people are well informed and will resist outright genocide.
There are more civilized ways. We don't actually have any problem housing and feeding everyone in the country. We just want to keep clinging to this "work to live" mentality instead of using our godlike technology to free us from labor.
dontwatchtv ago
There is always a recession before the war.
When fiscal or monetary policy fails to stimulate the economy, we turn to war.
If our economy wasn't in a recession last quarter, it will definitely be in recession this quarter. Obama seems keen on avoiding war. But, the next POTUS--whoever it is--will likely start something.
SumerBreeze ago
Wrong - any "official reports" come out way after the beginning of a war or when the war stabilizes.
You are right in that economics is involved, but how it affects economics you are still ignorant in.
DrColossus ago
That's because America is a war economy. It might be time to consider another option
PraiseIPU ago
ok I'll get right on that
Mylon ago
Universal Basic Income would solve the problem very easily. War machine dies down, people lose their defense contract jobs but still have their UBI and can pursue their individual goals instead of chasing an employer that will continue to pay them.
DrColossus ago
You don't think there are better options than constantly being at war with something or somebody?
PraiseIPU ago
I think none of us has the power to do anything about it.
NamelessCrewmember ago
Ironically that kind of change probably requires a war.
Monsantos_Schlong ago
A civil war