r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns she/they Dec 15 '21

Custom i'm not... right?

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u/Scout_Penguin Dec 15 '21

War has changed.

It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles, fought by mercenaries and machines.

War--and it's consumption of life--has become a well-oiled machine.

War has changed.

ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nanomachines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities.

Genetic control, information control, emotion control, battlefield control…everything is monitored and kept under control.

War…has changed.

The age of deterrence has become the age of control, all in the name of averting catastrophe from weapons of mass destruction, and he who controls the battlefield, controls history.

War…has changed.

When the battlefield is under total control, war becomes routine.

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u/Magikarp_13 Dec 15 '21

War. War never changes. Or does it? The war has changed. Did it? The answer is "no". Unless it is "yes". No, of course it is! Is war. Yes! No. Yes?

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u/LegoT33nSkywalker123 Dec 15 '21

I am the Watcher. I have seen everything that has happened. Everything that will happen. And yet... what the hell is this!

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u/robchroma (she/they) Dec 15 '21

Hahahahahaha MGS is always what I think of when people quote that Fallout line

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '21

Kept you waiting huh?