What does this mean related to war? Can you please explain. Thank you!!

People don't feel like they are in control of their own destinies and fear that the decisions of far away political leaders will take them all to the brink of destruction

When the country declares war, not all individuals agree. Individuals do not make decisions to go to war. Governments make a lot of decisions that affect them, without their having any input. Consider the bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. The American public was about the last group to learn of this.

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