I am afraid that the "war" has already been raging in the West for quite some time now. It is (so far) a war over the control of what information and viewpoints get out to the mass of passive information consumers.
Most of humanity is one false flag event away from coming under mass psychosis and demanding war. They will, once more, come under the delusion that their "freedom" is at stake. What a laughable concept - that humans in general enjoy some kind of "freedom".
Just imagine: Grown "men" rising out of their rat-infested, puke filled trenches and charging at machine guns a few hundred yards away. Charging at the hated "enemy" who are trying to take away their "freedom".
Lord, have mercy.
You are right I am afraid... but I still hope that as human intelligence develops people will begin to understand how and why their fellow people feel the way they do and we won't fear each other anymore. Without fear, we become free.
It seems that inhuman intelligence (AI) is developing, but not human intelligence. Where do you see human intelligence developing? Maybe automatic, or mechanical, evolution has culminated in humanity in its current state. Perhaps further evolution of humanity requires some degree of conscious response on our part to a creative impulse?