Expanding War

I have just heard the results of a study in Germany, stating that 71% of the population does not follow news anymore, because these are mostly about war and are therefore depressing. I am sure this is the case in many (if not most!) of the countries, at least in the „developed world”.

So, most of the population is sick and tired of wars, fear war (which is the correct feeling towards the brutal horror that war represents), but their solution against news about the current situation is to close their ears! And accept, meanwhile, that more and more of the national budget(s) they work and pay for goes to buying weapons - more meand of killing other people... 

Now the war is expanding in the Middle East, the genocide in Gaza being now shadowed by the war (not yet full-scale, but evolving) between Israel and Iran, started by the attack of Israel just one day before a new round of negotiations between Iran and USA. The move of a US air carrier formation to the Gulf is a sign for extending trouble. Not so far away, war in Ukraine continues, and signs of escalation become more and more frequent - more weapons in the Eastern Europe increasing the chances for a regional war. 

Will a North-South wall of war and fire soon divide East and West? The third world war may be fought in Eastern Europe and Middle East (if the superpowers manage to contain it). Hopefully not, but maybe yes - because nobody (or not enough people) complain and urge for peace - even if the majority of us do not want another world war (or any war). 

Do we live in a sick society? It surely seems so.