[refermech]

Then, the time honored solution of war will be initated

[pierrem15]

The inevitable rule of history seems to be that societies that become rich become soft and stupid.

Aristotle wrote that, "He who contemplates politics philosophizes about pleasure and pain." Pleasure and pain teach us (for the most part) about what is right and wrong and what is truly practical. In rich societies there is too much pleasure and too little pain regarding politics and economics, and that makes people (especially the elites) stupid.