The above quote comes from one of America's greatest heroes, Henry Ford. And Mr. Ford makes a very telling point, which is that since so many businesses are almost by definition, actuated by profits, that any business enterprise that makes a profit in a specific area, has a strong tendency to want to continue to make that profit, in perpetuity. The problem therefore that comes when looking at enterprises that are directly or indirectly involved in the business of war, is that when those businesses are permitted to make a profit, and typically a very good profit, by a payer, that is always good to their word, is that those enterprises are often going to want to do as much business as they possibly can, because they want to continue to profit.
Whether any company should make a profit from war, is essentially an ethical question. For instance, when sacrifices are being made by the people that populate a particular country, of which, some of that sacrifice involves citizens and institutions of that country being harmed, hurt, damaged, or even losing their life, it doesn't seem right for some other enterprise, to make a monetary profit upon such. It is known that corporations, and especially publically owned corporations, have an obligation to their shareholders to grow their revenues and to thereby grow their profits, so that, since the business of America appears to be business, corporations that are making money through a given war effort, are going to more times than not, want to keep making that money, and in fact, probably want to make more of it, year-by-year.
On the other hand, there are plenty of people that would like to see a lot less war, and understand implicitly as did Mr. Ford, that if the profit incentive is removed from war and those corresponding war efforts, then it logically follows that there is going to be a lot less war, because business enterprises that have areas of their business in which there is no profit, no longer would concentrate their efforts on the growth of such. So then, it is fair to say, since the current agenda, permits corporations to make a profit, and often a handsome profit from war and their relevant war efforts, in which, wars, declared or not, seem to be in abundance; that by thereby changing the dynamic in a way in which those profits are repatriated to the government on behalf of the people, as well as being subsequently legislated out of existence, would materially affect how much war there would be.
This signifies that profits and wars have a symbiotic relationship, and this has been true for quite a long time, and this needs to stop, in order to significantly reduce the amount of wars so being fought, and thereby the untold amount of harm done to society and the people that make up those societies. Again, it is important to well remember that wars necessitate sacrifice by the people, of which some of those people are going to lose everything, and it doesn't seem right, that some gave all, whereas others have profited handsomely from that sacrifice.