We can slow it down and pray that God intervenes and spoils their challenge to His authority. World domination by one ruler or one entity to is a direct attempt to usurp His power over His creation. Either way, it will not end well for them to pursue this realm of world domination.
They are deliberately destroying healthy civilizations to elevate themselves to power; they will be punished.
Absolutely. I'm of a mind that resistance is not futile, and I point to Ghandi for an example of what I mean by resistance.
-- They are deliberately destroying healthy civilizations to elevate themselves to power ... --
Depends on what one views as "destroying healthy civilizations." I think, at bottom, these aristocrats are seeking some sort of comfortable balance where they get to rule, and the people have enough freedom or illusion of freedom that they do not become restive.
Elections are a tool to keep people from becoming restive. Elections do not displace anybody into or out of the aristocracy, merely re-assign them to different roles, the "revolving door" thing-a-ma-bob.