Okay I know this is crazy and I may be completely missing the mark here but...
What if we were able to solve this constant dispute of war (that will increasingly rise in the future) through a game?
While scrolling on social media I constantly see people talking about preparing for the future war fallout/ Get your walk talkies their going to take out the satellites.
So, here's my concept...
The game will basically be like real life. Somewhat a copy of Google maps put on a game. To the people fighting would be like a normal war, they would get to the country and immediately start fighting. But in actuality they would actually be at their military bases but with vr headset's which the game could be played on. For the military personal there is specific in which people can take off their headsets to rest etc (But headsets should be made more comfortable)
When someone is killed off in the game their screen immediately goes black/screen says game over. if another player is next to them when they die, they'll know their friend is still alive, but their dead body will be displayed just for realism. but no one will get PTSD because they'll be a censorship, not for everything but for a lot of things.
Overall countries are still able to go in dept because of the game as they would in normal war, they'd be spending money on fake vr weapons they buy in the game. or instead of buying weapons in real life they buy weapons in the game. so, it'll be higher stakes because countries are actively losing money when they play. The money earned in the game, would go to whoever waves the white flag.
So this way people aren't actively dying whether apart of the military or not.
I know there are a lot of flaws like
-What if because it's a vr game, countries are more inclined to go to war because it technically isn't real. (That's where the money thing comes into play, the world runs on money, the more they spend in the game, the less likely they'll want to replay it, because its real money being spent.)
-What about the countries that can't afford high tech vr headset/game setup?
-What if a country hacks into the game revealing coordinates? (Game penalty of a butt load of money)
I know it may sound kinda dumb, but it was just a thought I had. the flaws are above my pay grade, but I think the concept could actually work. (War basically is about (SOMETIMES) stimulating the economy/and spending money on weapons. which I think the game could basically cover) There's more complex idea's that goes with this overall crazy one, but I can't think of them right now lol.
But I think this would be better than robots fighting in the war, because military officers would lose their jobs, unless each of the robots have to be controlled manually.
THis just a futuristic idea. IDK, what do y'all think? look beyond the massive flaws, unless there this one GIGANTIC one that can't be fixed. (My brother was saying it wouldn't work because some people just want to see people suffer, whether country leaders or just normal citizen, but it's not the majority so I disagree with this take.) A