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Mergers and acquisitions have taken the place of war in the modern era.

Quite an odd comment to make in the midst of the Ukraine war, another war between Israel and Palestine, and the ongoing civil wars in Sudan and Burma.

it's all relative. the order of operations is M&A, diplomacy, warfare.

One of these things is distinctively, qualitatively different: buying, selling, negotiating, mass homicide.

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