>>82487431
Directly declaring war on 99% of the population wouldnt be a good idea.
They would most likely just separate themselves from all the peasants as the world burns and during that time A LOT of people are going to die. Starvation, and lack of access to convenient medical care is going to take out a huge chunk of the population meanwhile violent crime will sky rocket.
Some of the richest people in the world are already discussing establishing a new country to create and some people speculate it will be take the United States' spot as the #1 super power.
The new lords and kings of the 21st century will be tech giants like Bezos and Elon Musk where they control major assets and resources and on top of that, have their own AI models under them.
Things are going to get so much worse you guys have no idea.