Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

The ruling class loves war as a form of economic stimulus. Think of it this way -- if you start a war, then you direct the means of production into producing massive quantities of goods that are ultimately destroyed, which means that the production transfers wealth from the government to the ruling class without benefiting the middle and working classes overmuch. On the other hand, if you have an economic stimulus that consists of improving infrastructure and putting the wage-earning classes to work, then you have conserved all that wealth that otherwise would have been destroyed, and this ultimately benefits the ruling class less, because it fails to widen the income gap between them.

Broder is always solidly on the side of the ruling class.