• alcoholicorn
      115·
      1 hour ago

      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.

      • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        116·
        1 hour ago

        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.