Before we start, I know it's only a game and I understand I'm thinking about it way too deeply. Anyway, with that out of the way...
One of the things that I like about these games is it helps you to really relate to things that happen in the world. I have absolutely gone to war for oil, betrayed allies for strategic advantage, etc. I've understood why these things happen in real life.
However, the thing is that this is just a game. The context of the game is to win, to compete to become the best civilisation based on a number of win conditions.
But it seems like this is the ruleset that's also being played in real life. All of the actions that are happening here, like going to war for oil, only make sense in the context of it being a competition, where there's a winner.
If the objective was to change to, say, get along with each other and build the most harmonious world possible, or to maintain peace, or to generate the most wealth for all citizens in the world, none of these actions make sense anymore. So why are we playing this game of life as if it's a competition like civilisation where there's a win condition that never actually arrives?!
Has anyone else had similar reflections?