Ritter On The Duran: Best War Podcast.

Note how we will send weapons to get Russian soldiers killed, which makes us LESS safe. But we won't close down government departments to start the process of putting our house in order. We have an embarrassment of riches to build our economy, secure our sovereignty and lead the good life. But somehow its too hard to grab back those resources from public service salaries, and grab back the new money creation benefit from the banks. Even if it means preventing all manner of death and dying. No she'll be right mate. Just send weapons to kill Russian soldiers.

That was the real reason for World War I. The British had the resources to outcompete the Germans. But it was easier to surround them and trick them into war, then it was to grasp back all the money creation benefit from the bankers, reform the tax system, and so forth.