Root Causes of War
In order to effectively campaign for the abolition of war, we need to understand what causes war, starting with the most basic question: what is war? Conflict has always been with us, but can this truly be called war? Or did small human conflicts become war with the creation of a warrior class?
Each individual war will have its individual causes. These could be religion, greed, power-hungry leaders, a people’s perceived need or desire for greater resources or simply the result of militarised societies glorifying war. Each cause has to be understood before it can be addressed.
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