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resources, water, food…). As bands grew larger, the
number of wars increased.

This social system led to creation of states.

Continuous warfare created empires (Byzantium,

Roman…). The defeated states were annexed to the
winning state or divided among the winning countries.

War spoils, material goods, natural resources, new

markets, establishing satellite governments, selling of
weapons, were additional motives that stimulated further

war conflicts. Paradoxically, in history, with the

development of man the number of wars increased,
instead of the logical inversely proportional expectations.

Reason has not contributed at all for the extinction of

wars. Men’s endless greed only perfected warfare. This

was spiced with additional amount of propaganda,
religious fanaticism, nationalism and patriotism, which

created conditions for increasing hatred among people

and nations. Today is a time of culmination. Wars and

irrationality have reached their maximum and it is time for
the curve to go downward. This means that man’s reason

is not fully developed. In fact, individual reason is not

enough to solve these social issues.
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