There was once a time when one had to actually have physical contact with a man in order to kill him.But as our weapons have "improved" so has our ability to distance ourselves from this act of violence.
Propaganda was often used to turn ones enemy into some form of "otherness".
Into beings without worth.
But as the world has become more diverse, many could not identify an enemy as such just because he may look different from oneself.
For a generation raised on the impersonality of video games, what is the next step in removing the connection between the act of taking another man's life and oneself?
Drones are used as a buffer between what a person does and how that person feels about himself.If one never hears the anguished, sees the blood, or smells the rot of a dead man - can he really be expected to understand the cost of the lives he is taking?
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