On the other hand it does feel like all these events feel like situations that need constant inputs of "energy" to be sustainable - war relies on firepower, a repressive regime requires efforts to keep the populace content enough to not revolt (or enough firepower to quash revolution attempts), so given enough time the system would return to a more stable equilibrium.
The situation today feels like we're already in an equilibrium and there's no single obvious problem to solve to make things better.
The situation today feels like we're already in an equilibrium and there's no single obvious problem to solve to make things better.