That's roughly Lenin's assertion (I hesitate to dignify it with "argument"). It is, however, bullshit. I doubt you could find a single war fought for this reason.
--- On Mon, 10/6/08, shag <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
>
> wasn't that lenin's argument? i've never read
> much of lenin, but i seem to
> recall an essay (what is to be done? maybe?) where he
> argues that the
> financial meltdowns associated with capitalist boom/bust
> cycles will
> require the foremost capitalist nations to engage in
> constant warfare to
> prop themselves up. it was the task of the revolutionary to
> oppose war b/c
> it was in opposition to war that you could a advanced
> movement that
> traversed national boundaries.