• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      Everyone in Europe killing each other every generation predates capitalism. Capitalism did increase the scale though; after the fall of the western roman empire, we didn’t see armies of that size until Napoleon managed to draft a million men in a country of 30 million.

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        Lmfao, sorry (not sorry), I should have included feudalists too I guess, to avoid bootlicking pedants… 🙄

        The point stands - war is waged for profit by profiteers, not by random civilians trying to live their lives, always was, always will be.