I doubt destroying machines is a good solution to the problem.
Adolf Hitler lead the Holocaust so the answer would be the same for both questions. The answer to those is between five and six million Jews died during the Holocaust. It is impossible to know how many Jews died exactly though.
Abundance of resources = trade/cooperation
Scarcity of resources = conflicts
The more resources you have the more likely a civilization was to get along with those around it, although at the same time if the civilization was weak and had a lot of resources it would be at risk of invasion/attack.
Its telling us that Jesus is born that he will be called counseller, wonderful ect,