Hanging on the old barbed wire is just the sort of thing I meant.
Also, Masters of War is aimed at anonymous warmongers of all nationalities, not just a specific few.

High Germany is a good example of an early anti-war song, with the
"Cursed be the Cruel Wars... "verse at the end.

Anyway, we never had a democracy anyway. Not sure what the UK/US system SHOULD be called instead, though. Once elected, our MP's have little or no need to take any notice of the people they are supposed to represent (just look how they ignored all the protests against the licencing act). Party Whips are much more influential.

And I am sure you have heard of 'Divide and Rule"

US - government by the very rich
UK - going the same way, maybe.