Space Mutiny can be finally added to the list ! <| sep |> It is absolutely a cause and effect situation . War is bad for business and in a corporate oligarchy it is discouraged . If you just have a bunch of nationalist governments dealing with each other it gets ugly fast . Do me a favor and open up a history book . You will see a very clear pattern of behavior for early city states and even modern nations . They fight . They go to war for spoils or even just because fuck those other guys ! They fight over resources and ethnic hatred . Large international corporations excluding weapons and defense contractors who represent a tiny fraction of all business getting done see large scale conflict as a terrible thing . It disrupts supply chains , it cuts markets out of your distribution network , it makes doing business and traveling dangerous in some places . These are all reasons to avoid war that nation states dont really care about . Corporations do terrible things . They should be held accountable and punished when they do bad things . Nation states are way worse . There isnt any way around it . They commit genocide , they persecute , torture , murder , and maim their own citizens and do worse to their adversaries . They conscript millions to die in pointless conflicts . They pursue oppressive religious agendas and worst of all they make you pay for it ! Try to stop supporting their shitty agenda with your taxes , and they will not hesitate to use physical violence to compel you . Feel free to point out anything you think is not adding up .