Your observations are something I have been seeing and thinking about for awhile now. Any student of history knows that what is past is prologue. Your reference to Madrid is spot on. I would also reference England in 1937.
Some of us see what might be coming down the road. Currently, it is at a slow pace, but picking up speed.
I do not believe that politics can solve the problems. The world is about to explode again.
I work on the hope that disaster can be averted.
I’ve read too much history to think the odds are much in our favor.