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When in Rome

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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The Industrial Revolution and the Destructiveness of War

Before 1914, nothing you could possibly win in World War I would have been worth. The Industrial Revolution changes the interest calculation when all of your wealth is in agriculture. We're probably evolved for war and our social structures are built for it. States have been fighting wars for 5,000 years. They're very good at it.

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