@b870d4c8 1914 was a powder keg ignited by a botched and really ‘insignificant’ assassination of Franz Ferdinand that allowed certain groups to start a war that wasn’t really anything to do with his death, I agree that we are seeing a repeat of those times again, but compressed into a much shorter time period and with the possibility of far greater loss of life given the advance in actual weapons of mass destruction, not Blair’s imagined ones. Maybe a cull of us will suit billionaires 

 @ae005e86 I think the rise of billionaires reflects a weakened society that is more likely to see major wars and catastrophes, but I don't think billionaires are able to plan or actively cause this kind of event.