War and the Breakdown of Civilizations

War is the main cause for the breakdown of civilizations. Initially as civilizations grow the total costs of war exceed its monetary benefits, despite which nations indulge in it. This is because the addicts of war are gradually engulfed by its clutches to the limit where they become unable to escape from its occurrence. The real harm of war is revealed when a society increases its economic and political ability to exploit physical nature and manpower, respectively, which are then utilized to bring on destruction; and, as society maximizes its efficiency in utilizing its resources for military use, the dangerous growth of war proves fatal for its victims. At such point in history, there had been endeavours, through the consciences of humans, in two alternative ways to stop the perils of war. In one way, individuals, as private citizens, chose a dangerous way of openly refusing to participate in war the state waged; while in a more indirect way which experience shows to be more promising, individuals chose to resist aggressions by persuading the governments to remove the causes in advance to deny war.

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