[Some Knowledge] It all boils down to the diverse governments of mankind. Individuals do not start wars. Individuals may commit acts of violence that precipitate a war, but it is governments which organize and perpetrate war. Right now there are something like 142 separate governments on earth, each with their own laws and leadership. Not only are humans categorized by what area they live in, there are many different languages, customs, and religions which alienate one group of people from another. With all of these different countries supporting some sort of military force, ostensibly for defense, there is vast potential for conflict.
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[Hannah's Blog] The Wellspring of the Economy-Chapter IV: Moreover, since most of the information Georgia Pacific so eagerly provided was about peat mining in Europe, where the mining operation involves scooping away hillsides with bulldozers, and was almost totally irrelevant to a swamp on the edge of a lake and a river which couldn’t be disturbed, it seemed much more likely that the real intent of the proposal was to generate credibility from the inevitable barrage of negative response and publicity in order to enhance the value of what Georgia Pacific would be giving up by failing to mine the it. To me, as a member of one of the environmental groups who were lobbied on behalf of the project, it didn’t seem serious at the time and the ultimate donation to the State seemed like a hollow victory–until the IRS action came to light.
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