When I was little, I thought the year 2000 would be like the Jetsons, with flying cars and food capsules. Instead, it's the same nonsense. People still do the strangest, most horrible things because of imaginary things like nations, currency, and religion. I can't decide what's stupidest Zionism, political Islam, or Christian-flavored consumer fundamentalism like we have in the US. I don't know why people still can't deal with reality and choose to conduct themselves based on this fantasy stuff.
It cracks me up when people of European descent go on about how "those violent people in the middle east will never stop fighting". Europe was in a state of perpetual warfare of some kind or another until WWII ended.