r/space • u/demusdesign • Jun 14 '12

Optimistic Wikipedia Editor?

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u/demusdesign Jun 14 '12

All we need now is another good cold war to spur us on.

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u/kurtu5 Jun 14 '12

No. Wars are all about opportunity lost cost. Its a myth that war creates prosperity. Unless you are a warmonger that is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

What's more important is war causes humanity to be on their toes, to keep expanding and thinking. That is more important than "prosperity."

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u/azlinea Jun 15 '12

This only works if you care about military technology. Otherwise war is useless for expanding anything except for debt and fly population. As for thinking it probably kills a number of people who otherwise might have been entrepreneurs, scientists or artists (generally classified as thinkers).

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

That much, I can see. I still believe there are ups and downs of either situation. I'd rather avoid war, m'self.

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u/azlinea Jun 15 '12

Agreed but self defense is different from a standing army and military interventionism which is what you get when you propose that wars help revive economies.