Money is the sinews of war.

On a purely economical stand point we could have foresaw the Second world war outcome by studying the economical and financial capacity of the forces in presence. On one side you had Germany that was rich and productive. But constantly attacked from all sides and its economic capacity destroyed a little further every day by the Allies bombing.

On the other side you had America with an even greater economic capacity that Germany and with the added bonus of having its capacity intact because it was not constantly under attack. In the long run, it was an evidence that America would win.

Then came the Cold War. A Titan ideological fight between capitalism and communism. Both trying to show the world that its way of life is THE way. Then again economics did it where the military couldn’t: communism couldn’t keep up with capitalism’s production and constant increase in the level of wealth of its people. The final outcome came in 1989 when communism collapsed leaving capitalism as the sole winner ideology.

Wars can be lost by poor military decisions. Even if the protagonist’s financial means are greater than the opponent. But it is never money that brings the defeat. Money is a essential component of victory in any conflict of any kind. And this is applicable to our personal life too.

If you have the money, then you can avoid many problems and you can solve many more problems. If someone gets on your tail, having more money enables your to hire the best lawyers. This is not a guaranty of victory. But it increases your chances better than being poor and having to means, no resources to fight.

This is one more reason why I sustain the ideology that one must increase in wealth as much as one can.

I received an email this week from my ex wife. She stated some stuff that she is not happy with and wants me to remove the source of her discontent. Now what she’s asking from me is unacceptable and an intrusion from herself into my personal life. Which she has no part anymore and nothing to say about.

I know that when I’ll refuse her terms this situation will escalate. I will deal with it by diplomacy. As usual. But as the master of war Von Clausewitz once said: “War is just the continuation of diplomacy by other means”. I shall go to war in court against my former wife if she doesn’t come to her senses. And this needs money. Lots of it if you want to win. Thus money is the sinews of war.

P.S. There is two ways to win a war in court. First is by presenting better arguments and evidences than your opponent. Second is by making the case go for a long time and in doing so, having your opponent’s financial resources depleted into lawyer’s fees.

I shall use both.