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Can This War End? Summary First, Science keeps analysing reality into little bits that are then modified and rearranged for profit or pleasure. Bite sized destruction is being constantly innovated Second, modern Capitalism is based on mass production, which means making science available in 'bite-size' quantities to the world. Because of the two reasons noted, above ordinary people will constantly have at hand, even though they may not be conscious of it, bite sized packets of destruction. Finally, as Science gets increasingly potent, even a bite size of an atomic blast, or a toxic germ, is more destruction than we can sustain.

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The strategy of endless vigilance tries to stem the supply of destruction; but unless this is supplemented by reducing the demand for destruction, peace is unlikely to occur.

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This page is a summary of: Can This War End?, Journal of the Historical Society, June 2008, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5923.234034.
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