> Pre-WW1 style national pride and competition for markets and raw materials is back with a vengeance it seems I don't think those are the reasons, they are co

> Pre-WW1 style national pride and competition for markets and raw materials is back with a vengeance it seems I don't think those are the reasons, they are consequences. The reason, in my opinion, is just money. Your income depends on your job and the success of your company, which largely depends on the economy at large and, in case of large powers, on their world-wide power projection. People understand this instinctively, it's pure tribal behavior. I believe most world-politics interpretation is just motivated reasoning, and you can change somebody's worldview by making them the beneficiary of a trust that's invested in whatever country they dislike. When they draw dividends from their enemy's success, they'll come to see them in a different light.