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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's easy to forget capitalism (and imperialism) aren't the natural state of things and there were wars before it. Of course, that's doesn't mean it doesn't perpetuate and indeed requires wars and exploitation to continue existing.