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ProfessorGAC

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17. Back In Undergrad. . .

Reply to another_liberal (Reply #12)

Mon Jan 4, 2016, 07:41 AM

Jan 2016

. . .i had a econ and a history professor both say that the value is creating international trade is that nobody goes to war with someone with whom they're making money. Then, in the history class, he went through a list of wars over the course of a thousand years, and sure enough, he was right. Not one of them occurred between trading partners, even in medieval times. Of course, a lot of them were about land and wealth, but none of them were about sharing the wealth. Where different kingdoms or nations had active trade and wealth sharing, no wars.

He didn't go back as far as the Trojan war, but i'm quite sure you're correct about that.

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All for the sake of winning an argument over religion. [View all] another_liberal Jan 2016 OP

The sooner EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #1

Yes . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #3

And they haven't for years. EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #5

Dark Ages bullshit that threatens us all. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #2

Theirs is a benightedly Medieval social and political system . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #6

It is really an argument over power and influence, not religion. kwassa Jan 2016 #4

Saudi Arabia in its current form would have disappeared long ago . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #7

No. Anybody that sits on that much oil would be powerful. kwassa Jan 2016 #8

I am not cynical enough about the human race to believe that . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #13

Read more world history. kwassa Jan 2016 #14

I have taught World History . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #16

well, I don't think you are correct ... kwassa Jan 2016 #20

That is your opinion . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #21

In any potential war, always ask who stands to profit Gman Jan 2016 #9

The Trojan war was not, I'm certain, really about taking back "Menelaus's Helen" . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #12

Back In Undergrad. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #17

The Trojan war is deeply shrouded in the mists of the distant past . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #18

I'm pretty sure the war against Ilium predated Greek colonization of the Black Sea Bucky Jan 2016 #22

There were no Mycenaean Greek colonies on the Black Sea coast, you are correct. another_liberal Jan 2016 #24

Yeah, That Makes Sense ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #23

Yes, I think your professor was sharing an important insight . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #25

I Agree ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #26

Invisible, omnipotent, immortal, and EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO ANY PERSONAL INSULTS Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #10

Apt warning . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #11

religious nuttery Skittles Jan 2016 #15

Two blind roommates trying to have a fight with broken bottles . . . hatrack Jan 2016 #19

it is all so fucking ridiculous Skittles Jan 2016 #27