Steven Pinker in his book Better Angels of Nature writes:"total casualties from combat , including indirect casualties from the economic harm associated with fighting, have been declining even as global population has risen. In 1950, one person in 5,000 worldwide died owing to combat; by 2010 this measure was down to one person in 300,000. In recent years far more people have been killed by car crashes than by combat." Research by political scientist "John Mueller, suggests that as people age, they become less enthusiastic about war. Perhaps this is because older people tend to be wiser than the young.
Perhaps we could use more wisdom in this world of ours.
Trick is how we make sure we have a balance between the young, the middle age and the old in our governing at the federal state and local levels. In all of our institutions we need to keenly aware of this mix. Not easy to accomplish.