Oh I read that backwards. No I agree with them.
The issue is that when you’re the central focus, the world shrinks. The rich and powerful don’t understand the world because they don’t live in the world. They have an artificial experience. This is the same issue here. We used to be a character in the world trying to make it.
Now everyone rolls out the red carpet and gives us Q-like weaponry as if we’re 007. That means this is more Anime than it is global state warfare.