#modern war

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it. ↗

— James Dickey

#being #caused #destruction #human #human being

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#cease #country #democracy #democratic #effectively