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In 1966 , when tensions surrounding the Cold War began to ease , the New York Times reported that a recent stock market downturn was due to a " peace scare " . In response , high-ranking civilians in the US government formed a committee to examine the hypothesis that the American economy would collapse if war ever ended . They began to discuss steps toward achieving a healthy peace . Their findings were reportedly too unsettling to release to the public .
However , a copy of their final report was leaked and became known as the " Report from Iron Mountain " .
The report concluded that nations and societies exist to make war . Without war , the nation-state in the modern sense would crumble . War ensured social and economic stability by sustaining poverty and the class system . It promoted scientific and cultural progress by keeping the population in check . As such , peace was dangerous , and eliminating war " would almost certainly not be in the best interests of stable society . "
This provocative conclusion was fiercely debated by the American intellectual establishment .
In the 1990s , it was revealed that the entire report was a hoax , a work of satire . However , some liberal-minded thinkers maintain there is still some truth in its convincing argument .

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