This man had to be a Time Traveler.

“This war is of a fraudulent nature, since it must go on constantly, without victory. Its main goal is to preserve the existing system, destroying not only human lives, but also the fruits of human labor, since the general growth of prosperity threatens the hierarchical society with death. If a huge mass of people become literate, learn to think for themselves, they will get rid of the privileged minority as unnecessary. War and famine help to keep people, stupefied by poverty, in a world of illusions.
Quote from 1984 by George Orwell.