The Death Machine, Notes and Comments

Some additional thoughts on War, and how we calculate and understand something like ‘deadliness.’

The Death Machine

Modern War is not more humane or moderated than the conflict of the past. In fact, we’ve more or less perfected the Death Machine.

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Is this the Golden Age?

Through sleight of hand, we have a narrative that everything is great and getting better. But there’s a couple of problems.

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Normalising Atrocity

Things that should be unthinkable or unspeakable are constant now. How it happened, and something we can do about it.

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Who does God belong to?

Religion and spirituality should, and do, belong to everyone. Conservatives and the far-right don’t own it, and we shouldn’t let them pretend they do.

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It’s Their Territory

What Trump’s comments tell us about the US empire, and why we need to resist all imperialism if we want a future with justice and…

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International Justice

There are debts owed by most of the richest and most powerful nations in the world. Those of us with privilege and power should accept…

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The Masks of Empire

Empire wears masks to protect what it really is – a short poem.

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Faith should be Political

Religious people get too comfortable on the political sidelines, but you can’t be about peace, justice, or love and not care about politics.

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Christian Nationalism isn’t Christian

This ideology might be on the rise, but it has almost nothing in common with Christian teaching.

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