There are about three prevailing theories for what causes war and conflict. The number one is poverty; number two is the cost of reproduction; and number three is an overproduction of elites competing for the same number of jobs. For the final ones, there are too many undergraduate educated young adults, MBA's, lawyers, and PhD's all fighting for the same limited amount of elite positions. All of these can overlap. A good example is the current situation in the United States. People became poor during the Great Recession and the coronavirus lockdowns, the cost of education, healthcare, and housing have delayed the age of marriage which has reduced reproductive outcomes such as births, and there are too many lawyers and PhD's fighting for the same jobs such as adjunct professors, government jobs, and law office interns. This is why we have so many mass shootings, protests, riots, and events such as the storming of the Capitol on January 6th. Young men cannot provide the w