"War": I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Oxford posts one main and three subordinate definitions for the noun:
1. A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state:
Japan declared war on Germany
1.1 A particular armed conflict:
after the war, they immigrated to America
1.2 A state of competition, conflict, or hostility between different people or groups:
she was at war with her parents
1.3 A sustained effort to deal with or end a particular unpleasant or undesirable situation or condition:
the authorities are waging war against all forms of smuggling
I would like to propose a more accurate definition set:
1. An indefinite state of lavish subsidy for favored industries, businesses, and government contractors:
war produces excellent quarterly earnings
1.1 A particular contract or boondoggle:
the war allowed us to develop a new corporate division
1.2 A state of indefinite suspension of oversight:
the war budget continued to expand
1.3 An effort to sustain profitable conditions based on a public perception of an undesirable situation:
the war on drugs creates a higher yield than the war on povery
semantically,
Bright
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