• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Yes, this is crucially what is often forgotten

    If you are actually directly participating in a war, then it’s nothing but destructive

    “War is good for business” would apply mostly to china in this case, and a little to Africa and maybe South America depending on how involved they’re gonna end up being

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      Yup, the country whose infrastructure is getting obliterated does not profit from war.

      Care to elaborate on the South America/Africa part?

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        Well I’m mostly thinking they’re gonna benefit depending on how ignored they end up being in any potential conflict, as a consequence of not being in that conflict. That’s mostly speculation, I don’t have anything to actually back it up beyond my meanderings

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          I see what you mean, benefitting through not getting involved. I can totally see that going for South America Unfortunately, Central Africa would get deeply pulled into such conflict given its vast rare earth resources, so I doubt they could benefit.