Why do humans go to war?

A big question: what is it about humans that causes them to end up fighting each other? What is the real motivation for a young man to join up?

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[VidkunQL]

Old joke:
Some French knights were snickering at a passing group of Swiss mercenaries.
French knight: "Look at them! They fight for _silver, _ while we fight for honor and manhood!"
Swiss mercenary: "Every man fights for what he needs most."

[ImperialistRunningDo]

When asked why men go to war, T. E. Lawrence answered "because the women are watching."

[unman]

“As long as there are 2 people left on the earth, someone is gonna want someone dead”

-sniper

[kiltmaster]

"Stay with your family, and breed with that."

Do I look like a Lannister to you?

[keithalexander]

My high school history teacher listed several reasons on the blackboard: Societal, Political, Economic, Religious and Military. Then she realized she had written S.P.E.R.M. in block capitals...

[stipesoda]

"In your 20's, you're establishing a reputation. And if you DON'T establish a reputation as a man in your 20's, you're probably never gonna breed."


bruh... calling me out in public like that... :(

[jonathanwells]

I can answer that in one sentence: “Queen Anne commands and we obey, over the hills and far away”

[MohamedHassan-qilk]

When I was 14 years old my family moved to another city and I was the new kid around in elementary school, I was hated by a group, they would bully me and everything, they also hated a kid for some reason and I got into a fight with him because he borrowed a pen from me and did not give it back, anyway, I guess I was more violent in the fight. the next thing I know I was a part of that group and to this day, 15 years later they are still my best friends.
It makes me think how animalistic are social hierarchy is.

[goodlookingcorpse]

Mothers: If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?

Sons: [join the army]

[IAmCaligvla]

"If you don't establish yourself as a man in your 20s, you're probably never going to breed"


You're starting to sound like my parents, Lindy.

[beenright]

There's a lot of content creators on YouTube who cannot make a digestible, coherent 10 minute video without a script and a handful of takes. Let's so appreciate this one hour unscripted exhortation in one take. Respect!

[flakkes]

Because paradox keeps destabilizing countries so they can make new strategy games

[cwg]

"Oh you have a doctorate is that right? In what field may I ask?"


"War."

[dirtydata]

Violence is the golden standard of problem solving until it's no longer certain it will benefit you.

[DoorwaySniffer]

I never realized what a great deal I can learn from a British guy in a (amazing) sweater. This is one of the best channels on YouTube.

[fenrir]

My Great Grandfather fought in WW1. He was a volunteer, having been from Northern Ireland. Apparently he was a quiet, softly spoken man and hated violence etc. When I asked my grandmother why he joined, she simply said he joined because the pay was better than what he was getting as a farm hand. Morale of this? Money can make people do things they wouldn't normally do. BTW, he rarely talked about what he saw during the war, although he did say that when he was replacing a duty post with another man in the trenches, the other man was shot in the head as he was walking away. Could have easily been my great grandfather. It must have been horrific.

[richardtaillon]

There was a line from the movie Passchendale that always stuck with me.

"It's something we do all the time 'cause we're good at it. And we're good at it because we're used to it. And we're used to it because we do it all the time."

[coryman]

Lindybeige, 9 years ago: "A point about bows", 3 and a half minutes
Lindybeige, modern times: "Why do humans go to war?", an hour and nearly 7 minutes
This channel really has grown over the last decade, wow

[nealramsey]

"Shat in the woods" LMAO! I about died laughing when he started on the shitting in the woods bit.

[paulguth]

22:00 - So, if the murder rate correlates to the "distribution" of female partners, is forced marriage actually lowering the murder rate, because males don't have to compete as hard? (are there robust statistics aswell?)