Wars are a particularly hard thing because of course they might sometimes be necessary, but here is the other kicker—feelings of disenfranchisement, of lacking control over the political process (as in meaningful control; if voting one side or the other feels like it always results in the same policies anyway that’s enough), mean that any successes are not also your successes, and you can’t trust any promise that this particular effort is important and worthwhile for you too.
Wars are a particularly hard thing because of course they might sometimes be necessary, but here is the other kicker—feelings of disenfranchisement, of lacking control over the political process (as in meaningful control; if voting one side or the other feels like it always results in the same policies anyway that’s enough), mean that any successes are not also your successes, and you can’t trust any promise that this particular effort is important and worthwhile for you too.