The concept of taking care of everyone scares the hell out of wealthy people. The concept of everyone pulling their share of the load scares even poor people, who feel they have little to share. Fail to solve this problem, and nature will exert its force. There is far more important information in Andregg's book than I can summarize. Human conflicts are inevitable, but war is not.
War is a social institution.
Reviewed by Richard Heinberg. Richard Heinberg is the author of A New Covenant with Nature and creator of the Museletter, from which this review was excerpted.