And, of course, dropping bombs from above and very far from home, allows us to absolve ourselves from responsibility because, well, we simply remain unaware of its consequences.
Images from Gaza can more easily be ignored by us here in Europe and Americans, even though those bombs were made here in Europe and over in the US, and Israel is acting by proxy for our commercial and geopolitical interests. It is our war, but because it’s largely a war conducted from above, we can more easily avert our eyes from it.
Technology has always moved us further and further away from our humanity, and I see no possibility whatsoever of that humanity ever being bridged or recovered again.
And, of course, dropping bombs from above and very far from home, allows us to absolve ourselves from responsibility because, well, we simply remain unaware of its consequences.
Images from Gaza can more easily be ignored by us here in Europe and Americans, even though those bombs were made here in Europe and over in the US, and Israel is acting by proxy for our commercial and geopolitical interests. It is our war, but because it’s largely a war conducted from above, we can more easily avert our eyes from it.
Technology has always moved us further and further away from our humanity, and I see no possibility whatsoever of that humanity ever being bridged or recovered again.