There’s a lot going on in this article, it’s like you wrote a big book, highlighted the important parts, made cliff notes from that and then squeezed it all into this tiny steemit post. I’d actually like to talk about the cartoon, the one with all the peeps sitting at diner tables.

It says a lot. What is it saying though. Let’s see what it supposes.

1That war is served by all the power and wealthy politicians and governments.

That all government or government programs for the populace suffer and collapse during and or supporting war.

I’m sure there are other conclusions but I feel those are the two prominent ones.

If you out this in the context of voting (democracy), that somehow voting doesn’t change things and that makes voting bad, it kinda misses the point. Let me explain, if you redrew that picture and used any other government from history, you basically get the same thing. Even if there wasn’t voting, just Kings and queens and tyrants and dictators etc, no voting on earth: and you have the same thing, wars wars wars, history proves this. So then doe voting matter? Does it change things? Yes and no.
Ok what’s the damn point then arrghhh, lol
Voting or ( democracy) or whatever little branch of government system you can conceive, is a marginal Victory. Either you have some form of voting or you don’t. Two options for humans. Any form of voting for governments is only intended to slow down the eventual collapse and corruption of societies. It’s not about fixing the hooman condition, democracy is about recognizing it. Everyone knows Hoomans are ultimately flawed. So to try to limit the tyranny and chaos that happens when dictators take over. Democracy let’s the people vote, so even if it gets terrible, you can start over. The problem with voting is that people vote fore themselves. It’s always my jobs, my taxes, my roads, my schools, mine mine mine mine. Voting is great at reducing tyranny except the tyranny of greed. Do I vote? Actually no because I don’t care and the world is already over.

I just feel like democracy gets an unfair wrap. Don’t blame it, blame the people.