[02:47 - 03:27] The Concept of War as a Theatrical Battle

Back in 1812, the Great War of 1812. It's been 200 years now, right? It was described as a theater of battle. What is a theater of battle? There's the parterre. There's a certain place where it all happens, rules, beautiful costumes, who, you know, goes first, preparation. So it was a battle according to rules, like fistfights. They gather, they fight. Whoever won, they had, accordingly, the ethical rights to take loot for themselves, and then divide it.