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DanArmak comments on The decline of violence as a lens for understanding effective altruism - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanArmak 09 January 2015 02:36:56PM 1 point [-]

I agree. Most (maybe almost all) wars in history were constrained, ended, or decided by economic limitations, not by the lack of the desire to fight or the shortage of raw manpower.