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I don't think you understand how it works. With war, you can only sell weapons and perhaps bare necessities of life like basic food, basic clothing, basic medicine, and basic shelter.
In peace you can sell luxury cars, exotic cuisine, movies, music, theater, art, Formula 1 tickets, cruise ship terminals, industrial gas infrastructure, cement, roads, boob jobs, gold watches, higher education services, ChatGPT, luxury houses, yachts, video games, coca-cola, porn, Disney world, high speed rail, anime, private jets, and so much more. If you're in war, you're not a customer for any of that stuff. You don't think politicians get rich of this stuff and they only do on weapons? They are much more creative than that for their graft.
If you think war is more profitable that peace for capitalism I'd recommend picking up some history and economics book. Look up the explosive growth during:
You should recommend these reads to politicians and rulers waging war. Can you please name one USA or Russia ceo that didn't bomb another country?