Casey Nguyen
Section 1
As Hamamoto outlined in his Empire of Death article, the U.S. has desensitized itself to mass killings and violence in general. He explains that in looking at the root of murder and genocide, one must understand their link to white supremacy and how killings have been a way for Europeans and people of European descent to assert their power and maintain the structural inequality in our society. This can be linked back to a history of imperialism and colonialism where mass genocide was a natural part of conquest and an assertion of power. This idea of unnecessary violence and the U.S.'s desensitization to it supports claims that involvement in Vietnam has shaped the U.S.'s stance on foreign involvement and militarism abroad. While the reluctance to get involved exists, there is no longer any hesitation to participate mass killings or invading and murdering as long as it has been justified by the U.S. government.
Q: Besides drones, in what other ways have the U.S. created means for soldiers to dissociate empathy from their actions? (killing without remorse)
Section 1
Article: Empire of Death and the Plague of Civic Violence
As Hamamoto outlined in his Empire of Death article, the U.S. has desensitized itself to mass killings and violence in general. He explains that in looking at the root of murder and genocide, one must understand their link to white supremacy and how killings have been a way for Europeans and people of European descent to assert their power and maintain the structural inequality in our society. This can be linked back to a history of imperialism and colonialism where mass genocide was a natural part of conquest and an assertion of power. This idea of unnecessary violence and the U.S.'s desensitization to it supports claims that involvement in Vietnam has shaped the U.S.'s stance on foreign involvement and militarism abroad. While the reluctance to get involved exists, there is no longer any hesitation to participate mass killings or invading and murdering as long as it has been justified by the U.S. government.
Q: Besides drones, in what other ways have the U.S. created means for soldiers to dissociate empathy from their actions? (killing without remorse)
U.S. Drones
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