What we're seeing globally is typical for the period leading up to massive global war, at least from a historical perspective; personally speaking, I think it's only a matter of time before this powder keg ignites. 

In that same breath, I also think that we're still a ways off from that happening. The types of wars that have been breaking out have all been more-or-less between regional powers (with the exception of U.S. intervention by proxy) and have been relatively self-contained, involving only two-or-so countries in only one region. If, and that is a big if, one of these current regional wars leads to an all out world war, it would probably have to be the result of China directly intervening in some way (which right now is unlikely) and the U.S. directly responding in turn, or vice versa.

The chuds are only right until they aren't. It might first appear as though "nothing ever happens," but underneath that surface of nothing, everything is happening; eventually, the built up pressure from these happenings will blow up, making themselves known, and all notion of nothingness will be destroyed by the affirmation "everything always happens."

That said, you can't do anything to change it if you're burned out — if you need to take a break for your health, show yourself some love and take a break. 

I ain't reading any of this thread.

"It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines.

War--and it's consumption of life--has become a well-oiled machine.

War has changed."

There will never be a World War 3, ever - because there's a million little city-state "nations" that exist to funnel drugs, money, and resources through that can act as appropriate battlegrounds for civilized nations to "get it out of their system".

But if there was a WW3 the USA would win.

One big bomb dropped on Three Gorges Dam takes out China because an absurd amount of Nuclear Reactors are downstream of the Yangtze - they would meltdown. Wham Bam, thank you Ma'am - East Asia's a crater.

I would give that Radioactive Mess to Japan on a Silver Platter if possible, the Japs are incredibly well versed in rebuilding bombed out, radioactive, craters into thriving shelters for civilization.

Russia - I got no beef with Russia. Most of America doesn't either - there will be no "great conscription" and a Russo-American War would be less popular than Vietnam.

The EU is utterly toothless, NATO is too. They have tech, sure - but the bodies, funding, willpower? Not so much.

So, you can sleep tight knowing that WW3 would be less profitable than constant "military conflicts", and you'll likely never get drafted for any reason, and that's the way it's been since Lyndon B. Johnson's days.

Nah. basically what Seth said 🐲