Expanding the concept, idpol (both right wing and left wing versions) are the outer face of the current divide and (continue to)conquer strategy, but "democracy" and electoral politics are the inner head of the beast. Elections massively divert energy from creating reality into lobbying individuals corrupted by the system itself to hopefully pass some scrap in an omnibus bill for the constituency as close enough. It can never solve "our" problems as long as our= people who can't afford to buy politicians.