They Fight & Die to Protect Our Right to Vote - Right!!

If you look at the history of "civilization," it's pretty clear that the purpose of government is to impose an order that provides wealth for the few at the expense of the many. The pyramidal shape of society, with the broad base producing the wealth for ever- smaller numbers above them is indisputable.
Ask any good Libertarian and he’ll tell you that just about the ONLY things taxes should be spent on are armed forces and the police; verification of the assertion that “the poor can’t sleep for worry over their next meal; the rich can’t sleep for worry that someone will steal something from them.”
In “civilizations” based on property rights, the major function of the army and the police is to maintain or intensify these divisions. Law and order maintain THE order, the distinctions among the classes of people.
The game of politics is little more than a means to maintaining order among the masses. Our “elected officials” do not serve “the people.” Their function is to make the people THINK they are being served while actually serving the ruling class.
Look at the history of both “major” parties. Both seem to have “constituencies” who “win” this one, “lose” that one; “the pendulum swings” etc., but almost none of the advances made for the mass of regular folks came about by voting for “elected representatives.” Almost all advances resulted from action, pressure, protests, and rebellion by the people or as a result of large, unavoidable situations like the Great Depression.
“Civilizations” use gods, propaganda, fantasy, lies, threats, and – when necessary – police and military action to maintain THE order. War is a part of this, and when considering war, many folks overlook that.
Generally, those who believe they are beneficiaries of the status quo swallow the entire nonsense of god, country, and apple pie. Those who know they are being screwed are, most often, overwhelmed by the perceived difficulty of doing anything about it – law, order, religion, propaganda, the police, and the military see to that.
But eventually all this falls apart. The myths/gods upon which the “civilization” is built and which support the pyramid break down and fail in their primary function of keeping the masses peacefully working away.
This has happened over and over again throughout history, and it’s instructive to consider that once these “great civilizations” have collapsed, NO ONE buys into their nonsensical notions of gods and social order. It’s just the hallucination in which we presently reside that we are led to see as right and true.
While I certainly recognize that the police and the military provide SOME benefit to humanity - in some situations - their major contribution is not to the people; it is to the maintenance of the current social order. How we judge war, the military, and the police, then – it seems to me – depends on how we judge the present system, its gods, propaganda, fantasy, lies, and threats.In all the failed “civilizations” of the past, even the police, military, priests, and gods eventually gave up and turned thumbs down on the charade.