From: laelth@yabbs
To: ching@yabbs
Subject: The Near Future
Date: Thu Feb  3 12:08:15 1994

Ching:
    Somebody, I forget who it was exactly, wrote a book in which he argued 
 that the Western Macro-economy (Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, 
the US, Canada, and now Japan) needs a war every twenty years or so to 
stimulate the economy, and force corporations to modernize their machinery 
and technology.  Basically, the Western powers USE war as a means of 
economic recovery.  For example, World War II brought us out of the  Great 
(worldwide) depression.  I'm not sure how I feel about this argument, but 
I thought I'd pass it along.  If you're right, and this argument seems to 
support your position, then we may be in for a new war soon.

-laelth