As Europe prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the YouGov polling also showed large majorities felt that events during and before the second world war were relevant today and must continue to be taught to younger generations.
Between 41% and 55% of respondents in the five European countries polled: Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, said they thought another world war was very or fairly likely within the next five to 10 years, a view shared by 45% of Americans.
Majorities of 68% to 76% said they expected any new conflict would involve nuclear weapons, and between 57% and 73% also said a third world war would lead to greater loss of life than in 1939-1945. Many (25% to 44%) believed it would kill most people in the world.
Oligarchs will have already stripped the coffers bare by then. Proof of that is just how much of the world’s wealth has been concentrated in the top 0.1%.
They still need peasants to stomp. A scenario where they and a security team are the only humans left alive is a fail state for them - all the stompable people will be dead.
In these hypotheticals what stops the hired security forces from just killing their employers who they likely outnumber and taking everything for themselves?
And they will be on their own private islands with all the wealth they’ve stolen, with all their guards/gardeners supplying all their food.
Or on Mars … whichever comes first.
A life of luxury is not enough for the oligarchs. They must consume more. A private island where everything outside of it is dead will bore them very quickly.
Why? If there’s another 20 billionaires/trillionaires who also live nearby they’ll have all the entertainment they need.
And don’t forget Musk and Bezos will continue working on spaceships and Mars/moon accommodations for them as well.