We are in a situation in which a bloc of regimes facing catastrophically low public approval ratings — 13% in France, 24% in Germany and the UK, 38% in Poland, and 43% in the US — are forcing a people who do not want war to die on their behalf in the name of “democracy” and “freedom”. Ukraine and Palestine have exposed liberal democracy as little more than an instrument to moderate class conflict in the interests of preserving empire.
I asked the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, how he justifies prolonging a war that only 23% of Ukrainians want to fight (per Gallup).