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All wars are bankers' wars

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:59 am
by bankerswars
John,

I've been reading your blogs for years. At first, generational theory sounded true. But if you have heard some people say "All wars are bankers' wars", how accurate do you think it is?

Many factors may cause wars, for example, ambitions, disasters, the rise of a culture, and greed, etc. Generational theory may be one of them if it's true.

Re: All wars are bankers' wars

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 12:42 pm
by John
** 08-Aug-2021 World View: Bankers wars
bankerswars wrote:
Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:59 am
> I've been reading your blogs for years. At first, generational
> theory sounded true. But if you have heard some people say "All
> wars are bankers' wars", how accurate do you think it is?

> Many factors may cause wars, for example, ambitions, disasters,
> the rise of a culture, and greed, etc. Generational theory may be
> one of them if it's true.
The core reason for war is that the population grows faster than the
supply of food and other resources, so the purpose of a war,
especially a generational crisis war, is to kill enough people so that
the survivors will have enough to eat.

This has been true through all places and times in history, even where
bankers didn't exist. However, if you'd like you can call things like
grain silos and wheat fields as "banks," and that would fit your
theory.

Re: All wars are bankers' wars

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:04 pm
by bankerswars
Hi John, could you please explain the relationship between Britain and France?
Why, after near a thousand years of war, suddenly don't the two countries fight wars any more?

Re: All wars are bankers' wars

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:10 pm
by bankerswars
Please also explain how Mutually Assured Destruction, or the guarantee of mutual annihilation would prevent wars. Thanks!

Re: All wars are bankers' wars

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:45 pm
by John
** 12-Aug-2021 World View: Mutual annihiliation
bankerswars wrote:
Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:04 pm
> Hi John, could you please explain the relationship between Britain
> and France? Why, after near a thousand years of war, suddenly
> don't the two countries fight wars any more?
England and France have a long history of animosity and crisis wars
(Camelot, Norman Conquest, Hundred Years War, Thirty Years War, War of
the Spanish Succession, Napoleonic Wars). But in World War II, France
and England were united against Nazi Germany, so they didn't fight
each other.

bankerswars wrote:
Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:10 pm
> Please also explain how Mutually Assured Destruction, or the
> guarantee of mutual annihilation would prevent wars.
> Thanks!
It doesn't prevent wars at all. Quite the contrary. It means that
one party will want to annihilate the other side quickly, before
it has a chance to retaliate.

Conquest and Containment

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:08 pm
by Bob Butler
John wrote:
Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:45 pm
bankerswars wrote:
Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:04 pm
Hi John, could you please explain the relationship between Britain and France? Why, after near a thousand years of war, suddenly don't the two countries fight wars any more?
England and France have a long history of animosity and crisis wars (Camelot, Norman Conquest, Hundred Years War, Thirty Years War, War of the Spanish Succession, Napoleonic Wars). But in World War II, France and England were united against Nazi Germany, so they didn't fight each other.
For much of the Industrial Age, war was cost effective, at least for the winner. With nukes, insurgent wars and proxy war, this is much less true. All out conflict will bust the elites, who have much to say about who the leaders are, and stand to lose everything should the leaders try something stupid. Yes, when Britain and France were at each other, conflict could be cost effective. Since then both countries (and Germany) have swapped their culture towards containment. The point is to make sure war is a lose for major powers.
John wrote:
Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:45 pm
bankerswars wrote:
Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:10 pm
Please also explain how Mutually Assured Destruction, or the guarantee of mutual annihilation would prevent wars.
Thanks!
It doesn't prevent wars at all. Quite the contrary. It means that one party will want to annihilate the other side quickly, before it has a chance to retaliate.
That's the Generational Dynamics theory. Of course, it is inconsistent with the major power ceasing war immediately after nukes were used. It is a theory, but a theory with no evidence with how history has proceeded in the Information Age.