Why did the world go to war twice?

[Nemuriko]

If war is terrible and also detrimental, why did it happen twice? And what are the benefits of the war, who benefits the most from the war?

[Emperor Chungus III]

Profit.

[lol]

because im right and youre wrong, now lets go to war to prove ourselves

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

The banks win at war, big debt that costs blood

[Swarmfly]

Wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't mandatory. Having the choice of which side your firing squad you want to die in front of isn't exactly any sane man's cup of tea.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Old folks with money.

[oldirty`]

War used to be an accepted form of politics.

[allegedly]

Originally posted by Nemuriko:

who benefits the most from the war?

bankers, basically the ****

[lol]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Old folks with money.

money AND rhetoric on how reality should be for everyone, even worse

[Astrallight]

Ask the imperialist leaders at that time why they feel the need to expand into other countries.

[DoomsDay]

I have no children, whether they go to war and why ,shouldn't be a concern for me,
sometimes how people think for their benifit, its just amazing, because someone is able to have a group of people behind him, and some writer that writes his acceptable public speech, he think he can control anyone that has the ability to read,

well, I have some writers,they wrote my speech for me, before I was born, lets fight.

I have been meaning to say, I dont know how people really functions in their heads,and there are these power groups, with weapons like guns and writers that writes public speech, and there are words like peace, freedom, fairness, how do people think and behave in a society like this?

[Grendalcat]

There have been many more than just two world wars.

But yes, the reason is power and profit.

[Devious]

Some private interest benefit from war, but people who think they are the cause of it are oversimplifying.

Countries almost always go to war gambling that they can achieve a quick victory, and thus net strategic gains. That doesn't always pan out. Take WW2 for example :

- Germany invades Poland. It's a weak country with powerful allies, but Germany is hoping that they chicken out again just like they didn't every other time prior. They don't.
- Britain and France declare war on Germany. On paper, the power differential in WW2 is even more lopsided in favor of the Allies, so they hope to absorb the German assault and counter-attack when it inevitably peters out. It fails miserably.
- Germany attacks the USSR. Logically, it makes sense : Russia was defeated 25 years ago, France was not. Now the Soviet Union is a dysfunctional mess, and Hitler believes that one good kick will "bring down the whole rotten structure in on itself". Catastrophic miscalulation.
- Japan strikes at the US. There, they know they cannot win a naval war with the US in the long term, but the gamble here is that the American public is unwilling to fight such a war and will recognize their territorial expansion in China. Wrong again.

On the other hand, look at the 2014 invasion of Crimea. Russia rightly thought they could steal away a strategically important province, and Ukraine would be too weak and dysfunctional to do anything about it. That actually worked, but it convinced them to try it again in 2022. Needless to say, Moscow didn't expect that outcome.

[Morrandir]

it can actually be considered a single continuous war with a coffee break in between.

[☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n]

They say bad things happen in three's, so brace yourself!

[Reddari]

Marza and Seturna and their followers.

As human eaters, you might say its of existential importance to them.