I talk to theoretically present intelligence officers through my webcam sometimes.
Well-adjusted to totalitarianism already...
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I'm joking, of course, but there is power in nudging a stranger who is trained to objectify you (literally) towards seeing you as human.
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One thing quickly to notice if you examine the mechanisms of mass violence, is it always relies on portraying the target as less-than-human.
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Taking out the person and replacing it with, say, "the enemy", "krauts", "ruskies", "primitives", "natives", "slaves", "freeloaders" etc.
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