You don't need a PhD in economics from Harvard or Stanford to understand that:
Rice... is cheaper than fighter planes.
All the rice on this ship only costs ~$170 million. This one plane is ~$350 million.
I can get you to give me your stuff by showing you my rice, or by showing you my fighter planes.
Which is more effective in the long run?
As a hint, I'd like to remind you that fried rice, Biryani, and Jollof are all made of rice!😋