I've been thinking of this for some days and can not convince myself whether it has some point or not. I live in Europe and we're experiencing a terrible crisis (whose worst part has not yet come) and all the media tell is that is "because of the war". Inflation is due to the war, economic regression is due to the war, high taxes and cuts to welfare are due to the war, etc. But my sensation is that there's more to it.. Public expenditure has skyrocketed to buy weapons and not all countries were prepared to do so. Sanctions contributed too, as well as financial speculation (which is more related to human greed rather than the war itself). But my idea is that the whole western model was flawed and could only sustain itself on the bases of colonialism where rich countries dominated (or established market rules) to the detriment of poorer nations. Today these suppliers refuse to undergo western rule and this is why everything is collapsing here. Which is a good thing, because a society based on inequality and exploitation must collapse. What's your opinion about it?
I agree, it's not the war that's raising all the prices. It's always greed. In the Middle Ages it was for lands and castles. Today it's for nations and billionaire industries. But the bubble is about to burst, when the average citizen can no longer afford the cost of a house, the gasoline for the car, and all those things that should be free, like education and health, then we're going back to the Middle Ages without rules and wild.
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