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At the centre States do not merely defend the power they have: they seize every opportunity to gain more that looks cheap and likely to succeed. Holds JMJohn Mearsheimer Read this korrent →

• Similar wording Whatever a state thinks it will gain by sending soldiers is inferior to what it would have got from sending diplomats and lawyers. Holds SPSarah Paine
• Similar wording States are not inherently aggressive; anarchy leaves them no choice but to behave aggressively. Holds JMJohn Mearsheimer
• Similar wording States do not behave like predators by nature, and the American alliance system is the standing proof of it. Holds POPhillips P. OBrien
• Similar wording Comparative advantage stops governing once the power imbalance is large enough: groups then switch into seeking to dominate instead of trading. Holds MNMichael Nielsen
• Similar wording The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. Holds LBLinus Blomqvist
• Similar wording Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat. Holds LBLinus Blomqvist
• Similar wording Government is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can expand its power at the expense of citizens. Holds PDPavel Durov
• Similar wording Breaking the trade-off between prosperity and the environment is an opportunity rather than something that will happen on its own. Holds HRHannah Ritchie