>>3397819I guess we would have to define "our era" and I meant about 100 years give or take. The population boom really started from the 1900's when global population was 1,650,000,000.
In 2000 the global population was 6,115,367,000.
The 20th century hallmarked a change in the way war was waged. World War I and War World II. America developed into a superpower because engagement into the war and forced production and industry to at home. In the 1950's america was 5% the worlds population but created 80% of the worlds goods. The following era of U.S. aggression was based on the thought that "war is good for business".