The US government had a study done in the 60s, here is the report~ leaked and classified as a 'hoax' by the government. HOWEVER, do you see anything familiar within the suggestions of the groups findings over 40 years later?
A few interesting points from the PDF file:
REPORT FROM IRON MOUNTAIN:
ON THE POSSIBILITY AND DESIRABILITY OF PEACE
"BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[The following account of the workings of the Special Study Group is taken
verbatim from a series of tape recorded interviews I had with "John Doe." The
transcript has been edited to minimize the intrusion of my questions and
comments, as well as for length, and the sequence has been revised in the
interest of continuity. L.C.L.]"
POLITICAL. The permanent possibility of war is the foundation for stable
government; it supplies the basis for general acceptance of political authority. It
has enabled societies to maintain necessary class distinctions, and it has ensured
the subordination of the citizen to the state, by virtue of the residual war powers
inherent in the concept of nationhood. No modern political ruling group has
successfully controlled its constituency after failing to sustain the continuing
credibility of an external threat of war.
SUBSTITUTES FOR THE FUNCTIONS OF WAR: MODELS
The following substitute institutions, among others, have been proposed for
consideration as replacements for the nonmilitary functions of war. That they
may not have been originally set forth for that purpose does not preclude or
invalidate their possible application here.
ECONOMIC.
a) A comprehensive social-welfare program, directed toward maximum improvement of general conditions of human life.
b) A giant open ended space research program, aimed at unreachable targets.
c) A permanent, ritualized, ultra-elaborate disarmament inspection system, and variants of such a
system.
POLITICAL
a) An omnipresent, virtually omnipotent international police force.
b) An established and recognized extraterrestrial menace.
c) Massive global environmental pollution.
d) Fictitious alternate enemies.
SOCIOLOGICAL:
CONTROL FUNCTION.
a) Programs generally derived from the Peace Corps model.
b) A modern, sophisticated form of slavery.
MOTIVATIONAL FUNCTION.
a) Intensified environmental pollution.
b) New religions or other mythologies.
c) Socially oriented blood games.
d) Combination forms.
ECOLOGICAL. A comprehensive program of applied eugenics.
CULTURAL. No replacement institution offered.
SCIENTIFIC. The secondary requirements of the space research, social welfare, and / or eugenics programs.
http://www.teachpeace.com/Report_from_Iron_Mountain.pdf
Mirror: Report_from_Iron_Mountain.pdf
See these open FOIA (freedom of information act) government documents if you still are in denial:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/SPP
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/PROPAGANDA_IN_THE_NEXT_WAR_FOREWORD.html
