State or Cattle Pen? Why the People Are Turned Into Disposable Material for War

The war has been taking lives for four years now. Not just the enemy, not just bullets or tanks — it is the system itself that devours people. The very same system that just yesterday swore to serve you, and today labels you as “disposable material.”

You are told: “The Motherland calls, go to the trenches, die for the land!”

But is the Motherland just borders on a map? Is the Motherland a president in a portrait or a deputy in an armored jeep? Is the Motherland the minister’s son, studying in London while your son is driven to the front?

The State as a Mechanism of Consumption

Today, the state is not a community of free citizens. It is a mechanism that works very simply: it takes your strength, your money, your life.

You elect the authorities, and the authorities immediately decide: “Now you are our resource.”

The president, deputies, ministers — they talk about the “heroism of the people.” But why does this heroism always require sacrifice from the ordinary mortal? Where are their children in the trenches? Where is their blood on the battlefield? Why is someone else’s death just a statistic to them, while their own lives are untouchable?

Democracy on Paper and Reality in the Trenches

We are used to hearing: “The people are the source of power.” But as soon as war begins, the authorities suddenly declare that the source of power must be silent, obey, and die.

Who Chose Whom?

Are we the power — or is the power us? We check a box on a ballot, and then we are lined up against the wall and told: “You must.” Must be silent. Must go. Must die.

The Individual and Their Right to Life

But must we? Who said a person is born a slave? Who gave those sitting in offices the right to dispose of your life like a bargaining chip in their dirty game?

If the state is a cattle pen where a person is just livestock, then isn’t it time to break the locks? If the authorities see themselves as masters, then isn’t it time to remind them that the real master here is the people?

Substitution of Concepts: Motherland ≠ Authorities

When the authorities say “die for the Motherland,” they substitute concepts. The Motherland is your family, your home, your loved ones, your language, your freedom. That is what a person can truly live and fight for.

But the Motherland is not the president, not the parliament, and not the elite whose children vacation in Europe while ordinary people die in the trenches.

The People Are Not Slaves

A person should not die for someone else’s ambitions. A person should live for themselves, for their loved ones, for their freedom.

If the authorities turn you into cannon fodder, then it is time to remember: power is the servant of the people, not their overseer. And if the authorities forget this, the people have the right to remind them.

Conclusion

The state should fear its people, not the other way around. Because otherwise the people will disappear — and all that will remain is a cattle pen with no one left to stand in it.