Personally, I believe that many of the things that are happening in the world are are attempts by some extremely super-wealthy people, to take over the world more directly.
The US Constitution and laws give the US people almost direct control over government and their lives. Most of the people don't realize this, or know how to use what they have available to themselves, in US law. Canada, the UK, and Australia are similar. India is following closely behind because of its having been ruled by Britain for such a long time.
One of the major freedoms that US people have is individual gun freedom. Without this freedom, the country - and then the world - could be made to collapse easily. So, this and other freedoms are what the super-wealthy people are fighting against.
Everything that is being done in the Ukraine war and other areas around the world, are designed to collapse people freedom. It wouldn't be that the people wouldn't have reasonable lives without freedom. But they would always be on call to give their time and talents to the super-wealthy, by force if necessary.
There is one basic thing that the super-wealthy are after. It's everlasting life for themselves, along with the control. They want to live, and to live in a healthy way, for a long time... maybe a thousand years, if possible. But the longer they can live in pure health, the more they will desire for themselves.
We don't count, individually. We count only for the ability we have to give them what they desire.