Kasz216 said:
Rath said:
Kasz216 said:
Rath said:
Ethical wars were rare, however religious and ethnic wars were not.
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There wasn't one religious war that wouldn't of happened without relgion.
As for ethnic wars... one could consider those wars of two groups over one set of resources.
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Both kinds of wars are for power. Political domination, not physical resources.
Religion and ethnicity are merely ways that groups are joined together and then groups try and dominate others.
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Isn't power the means with which to control resources? By controlling more people and more land you control more resources.
It's like saying that everybody works to buy stuff... and the counter arguement being that some people work just for money.
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Power (as I meant it) isn't always people and land. It's not even always military might. It's the ability to influence others. Hence the pope, despite having little people, land or might, is rather powerful.
