God created man and finding him not sufficiently alone gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.