The conflict you talk to unite people was only possible in the old day when governments didn't have the capability to wipe out the entire plant with the weapons that they possessed. Now it's not that easy because that worldwide conflict now could destroy us all. It's only a small fraction of elites (so they call themselves) that has the world in it's current state.
We as the masses in every country have the capability to stop them but there are too many people distracted by t.v, music, an movies with all it's glare to give a damn.
It's sad how far we as a race have fallin.