Re:TikTok Brings War Home to Your Child
by goles on Thursday December 21, 2023 @05:54PM
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There definitely has been a level of war voyeurism on social media for the past several conflicts.
Gratuitously watching people die, I suspect, won’t really change anyone’s vote, or to volunteer, or donate. At least long term, because the violence usually is the attraction, not the conflict. And there will always be a new conflict.
A few key events in history have happened because of, lets say, acute exposure. But chronic exposure, to your point, possibly makes our judgement worse.
Gratuitously watching people die, I suspect, won’t really change anyone’s vote, or to volunteer, or donate. At least long term, because the violence usually is the attraction, not the conflict. And there will always be a new conflict.
A few key events in history have happened because of, lets say, acute exposure. But chronic exposure, to your point, possibly makes our judgement worse.