I think what concerned me most was the military's use of technology. While having pilots control drones may keep them safer, it scares me to think about the distance this puts between the pilots and the war. While they mentioned that the cameras are not advanced enough for pilots to tell for sure if they have hit civilians, the pilot they interviewed is positive that that has never happened to him.
Furthermore, the military has a recreation center open for children to come in and play war games. They are using this as a recruitment strategy. By blurring the lines between the virtual world and reality, they make war seem like just a game. And if these children go on to get jobs where they are controlling drones and still placed at a distance from the actual war, how can we be sure they do not just think of it as a game?
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