And the war is increasing that number exponentially.

If the West had pushed Russia out of Ukraine in the beginning, with boots on the ground and planes in the sky, Russia would have had a short road back to stability. At this point I believe too much damage has been done. (I believe the same is happening in China).

In my reading, this is what happen in the Peloponnesian War., which lasted decades. The elites of Greece and Sparta believed they could control the war. They too lost control to local mafia opportunists.

Wherever one is in the world, they only have to listen to the sirens at night. Violence is growing everywhere.