Uh… the most recent history involves Turkey using US-sold jets to bomb Kurds in northern Syria.

Well… a country without “elites” and only farmers will very quickly find itself with a set of elites, from another country, who can organize their farmers to take and conquer others’ farmland.

Which country is that?

Great question. See, a farmer can’t stay behind and command the state because he is a farmer. The heads of state and the elite cannot all perish in trenches because then all that would remain are farmers. Established heirarchy for organizational power was invented probably by whatever primates we evolved from, and is observed among even some other species of primate.

It’s called the division of labor. You can’t have the guy in charge of running things get turned into Beefaroni in a foxhole.