wealth
ever wonder where the world's wealth comes from? it's pretty easy. it's a variation of the spend-less-than-you-earn mantra. except in the case of the global economy it's better stated as consume-less-than-you-produce. put it this way. build a building. build another building. now you have two buildings worth of wealth. and should for a very long time. now it should be easy to see why war is so stupid. build a building. build a bomb. blow them both up. now you did all that work and you have nothing. stupid. the individuals that build bombs and re-build blown up buildings win. but everyone else loses. starting a war ought to be a capital offense.