Politicians were used to the adage ‘it’s the economy stupid’ whenever they were asked what the most important element of ay election was; and even dictators fall if the people find they cannot afford to buy anything.
But that is changing. Mostly because the fact that if everything has to be bought then nothing is affordable is a fact of economics people are vaguely becoming aware of through the boom and bust cycle and the endless inflation and greed inherent in human beings – which is why we created money in the first place and if certainly exhibited in how we choose to use is on national and international scales.
Now we see that it is how we choose to power our societies that is the crucial element in our futures. And if that debate is ruled by the same greed and vanity it will lead to the same thing economics did, war.