I would replace your use of "democracy" with "unfettered capitalism". Allowing the rich and powerful to continuously claim a larger share of the economic pie pi

I would replace your use of "democracy" with "unfettered capitalism". Allowing the rich and powerful to continuously claim a larger share of the economic pie pits the rest against each other for scraps. I'm not sure the problem is those "smug liberals," but rather the conservative factions in Britain and abroad who would rather perpetuate a humanity at war with itself for their own profits rather than accept a slightly lower standard of living in return for a stable and satisfied populace which sees the greedy mismanagement of the global elite and concludes the only people they can trust are dangerous demagogues who would sooner smash a system to the ground than attempt to fix what the poor and angry perceive as poverty and hopelessness by design.