Because the poem can be interpreted in numerous ways, and therefore, its message has a flexibility that allows its readers to shape its meaning to suit them. Therefore, allowing its messages to be applicable to anyone, regardless of demographic. For example, the poem can also be interpreted by Christians as the decay of man's interest in Christian ideologies and the supposed products of this decay. A view held by many older Christians and an important view for young Christians to gain to cement their beliefs. However, the message conveyed by Yeats, applicable to all contemporary youth, is that depravity and tension give rise to conflict. And as we look ahead, we feel our anxiety growing about the inevitable – about the international conflict inherent in humanity's future. Why will this conflict occur? Because if relations between the “superpowers” ​​now dry up, how could they cope with overpopulation, resource depletion and other problems that every nation must overcome? How can we be sure that these superpowers do not value land and resources like oil over their populations to maintain their economic and political power? We don't. This is why a third world war is indeed likely and why the central message of this poem is still relevant to everyone