Without even considering our present situation from a moral perspective, but simply acknowledging the pattern you just pointed out, it is obvious that there is

Without even considering our present situation from a moral perspective, but simply acknowledging the pattern you just pointed out, it is obvious that there is a deep systemic flaw. Of course there is the very old argument of the apologists: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." But this is the incredibly predictable result of a system structured around the concept of everybody owning some small part of everybody else, controlling that interest with a vote, and outsourcing the execution to people who wear lapel pins.