We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. Why of course the people don't want war. That is understood. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy.
Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate.
Those who had the fortune of being born on some particular spot, consider themselves better, nobler, grander, more intelligent than the living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is, therefore, the duty of everyone living on that chosen spot to fight, kill, and die in the attempt to impose his superiority upon all others. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It's that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive.