the dangers of reducing human beings to mere numbers
Has this guy never heard of Stalin
The important thing to note here: it doesn't just work with stats. It works with images. With stories. With news reports. It works with videos. And audio. You can grow accustomed to anything.
This isn't unique, but common; it's precisely the same case for all other things we perceive bc we can only process a finite amount before we're overwhelmed. It's the operating principle behind the effectiveness of Trump's firehose of lies: lie, deny it's a lie, say it again... we can't process it
It applies to genocide and cops.
Omg! He is so right. Reading this breaks my heart 😫. We feel so helpless 😭.
“reduced to a gruel of misery.” Wow.
"One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
“…a gruel of misery” (a thin, amoral, inhumane slop we consume & mistake for social nutrition to our collective peril)?