In his works, the violence and destruction of identity — the grief and subsequent
anesthetization of grief — become poignant symbols of the contemporary condition.
Not exact matches
False remorse can facilitate repetition
of the evil deed: self -
anesthetization is a temporarily effective if ultimately destructive means
of drowning out remorse.
99 %
of the 99 % will again be placated by distraction and
anesthetization — the two great tools
of population control in the modern world.
The tools
of statecraft at home are distraction and
anesthetization while abroad the Politics
of Empire demand exploitation via coersion, subterfuge, economic subjugation via corporatist organization like the World Bank and IMF, or plain old, flat out violence.
The United States has a lot
of options for distraction and
anesthetization to keep the citizenry complacent.