Yeah, it is sad. That reminds me, I was reading this book on a vision of the future, of a utopia. It was all a pipedream, ideas of a world where basically wouldn't have to put up with the mundanities of this world (no monetary system) and where there would be no conflict. But if we did stop killing each other over petty bullcrap like money, wealth, power, bigotry, and hatred, we could solve our problems instead of creating new ones.
Seriously, look at the funding for all the departments of our government. The Department of Defense is the 2nd most funded, succeeded only by the Department of Health. The funding for this year is like 700 billion dollars. Imagine if that was redirected to fighting poverty, stopping crime, or fixing our economy.