Who else would like to see the world burn and why?

[John W]

Not a particularly novel sentiment. As long as man has existed, there's been the appeal of just starting over again. It's not only a common theme of James Bond villains but the basis of almost every new religion including Christianity. However, you will always find a disaster somehow less disruptive than you had imagined. 2008 was very much an economic collapse and society did not crumble, 911 was world changing but society did not crumble, H1N1 was very much a pandemic and society did not crumble. In all cases, individual lives were destroyed but others were largely unaffected, even if a global nuclear war occurred, it would just be more of the same except with a few lives destroyed.