The empire does not only control territory. It controls the imagination of its own citizens.
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The empire does not only control territory.
It controls the imagination of its own citizens.
It controls what questions feel reasonable. What comparisons feel fair. What history feels relevant. What suffering feels real.
An American can feel genuine, heartfelt grief for an American soldier killed in a war of choice in a country that never threatened America.
And feel almost nothing for the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed in the same war.
This is not cruelty. This is not stupidity.
This is a carefully cultivated imagination gap.
The soldier has a face, a name, a family, a story. He was shown to you on television. His mother was interviewed. His hometown held a vigil.
The civilian has a number. Sometimes not even that.
The empire has been feeding your imagination for your entire life.
And it has fed it very selectively.
posted by Satish Sharma at
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