[blockmarker]

You are not the first to think that. That is called the Broken Window Fallacy, obviously by people who disagree. But it makes sense to me that if you spend resources on repairing damages, or weapons which don't generate more wealth, you are not investing and growing. What happened to the US in WW2 is an anomaly.

[mcmoor]

Well in war there's chance to have greater return than loss by pillaging your enemies. Not so much for those broken windows cases.