People all over Europe are protesting right now over high fuel prices and farming issues. Our media won’t show it though.
I would call that a "crisis of legitimacy" for those governments. We have the same here with Joe Biden & his minions calling out 78M Americans that voted Republican 2 years ago, and defining a mostly peaceful protest at the capital on January 6th as "insurrection".
War may not make 'sense' but it does offer cover for governments to re-organize and gain greater control over their citizenry (if we can still call them that).