Luxemburg's essay

 “Business thrives in the ruins. Cities become piles of ruins; villages become cemeteries; countries, deserts; populations are beggared; churches, horse stalls. International law, treaties and alliances, the most sacred words and the highest authority have been torn in shreds.”

From my point of view, the meaning of this passage is very clear. I think this passage shows in a few words the consequences and results of any war. In other words, what you can see in a country after a war. The results are: devastation, misery, pain and death. At the end of a war, the scenario is a society trying to start from scratch.

I strongly believe that this passage is closely related to the politics today. Take a look what happened in Afghanistan. Yes, it is true there are some conflicts among different countries but the soil became a cemetery. A cemetery of people that in some cases the war is not their fault.  They did not want it, they did not provoke it.  But they are paying the consequences. At the end, politics argue about what it is convenient for their own interest first, second and third and that’s all.