# A Gift to the Empire, and The Nature of the War

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**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-gift-to-the-empire-and-the-nature-of-the-war/320545 "2021-07-19T22:47:04Z")\
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> [@Gaven\_Lok\_ri](#):
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> The alternative to assured destruction in time, of course, is actually trying to make peace for real.

Indeed. But that would require the intent on both sides, and there definitely isn’t any of that on the part of the Empire. Trying to make peace for real, after all, wouldn’t include trying to use the _mechanisms_ of peace, like CONCORD, to wage war. Which, as I’ve [already laid out](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/to-all-foreigners-wanting-to-understand-the-minmatar-happy-liberation-day/319433/28) for someone of far less erudition, is exactly what the Empire does.

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