So predictable

Plato the ancient Greek philosopher observed that the style of music affects political institutions. In reverse, a political institution affects the type of waste. During his realm as the last Kaiser of Germany, Wilhelm II killed 33,967 animals and birds and 581 unspecified beasts. In 1915, 9 million pigs were slaughtered in Germany to the cause of World War I because they were "co-eaters" that threatened the supply of bread. Weren’t these victims’ sacrifices in vain? Our government has recently recalled 143 million pounds of beef due to one video of "supposed" animal cruelty without a shred of proof that the meat was tainted by disease. "Gigantic" and "devastating" do not suffice as adjectives to portray the horrible waste in these three instances. Haven’t the lives of these victims of slaughter been in vain? The power to govern, so predictable in its abuses, never abates. Only the force of music, such as recently flowed across North Korea from the New York Philharmonic has the power to soothe a savage beast.