The western world as a whole is becoming more nationalistic and xenophobic
Usually leads to a lot of wars
Yep. We forgot all the lessons of WWII.
Silvio Gesell predicted this EXACT shyt the day that World War I ended. As long as you have an economic system based on profits from interest, you have an inherently unstable economy that leads to overly fast economic growth, followed by recession, followed by nationalism, followed by war.
This is what he wrote in 1918:
"In spite of the holy promises of people to banish war once and for all, in spite of the cry of millions “never again war” in spite of all the hopes for a better future I have this to say: If the present monetary system based on interest and compound interest remains in operation, I dare to predict today that it will take less than twenty-five years until we have a new and even worse war. I can foresee the coming development clearly. The present degree of technological advancement will quickly result in a record performance of industry. The buildup of capital will be fast in spite of the enormous losses during the war, and through the oversupply [of money] the interest rate will be lowered [until the money speculators refuse to lower their rates any further]. Money will then be hoarded [causing predictable deflation], economic activities will diminish, and increasing numbers of unemployed persons will roam the streets … within these discontented masses, wild, revolutionary ideas will arise and with it also the poisonous plant called “Super Nationalism” will proliferate. No country will understand the other, and the end can only be war again." - Silvio Gesell
And what do you know, we didn't change anything and the SAME cycle is happening all over again.