we had, what, gulf war where everything was on TV through areal views, detached enough that it was called the 'videogame war'
school shootings, which we were told was just an inevitability
schools designed to help cops deal with a shooter, and the alcoves were pretty obviously for that
a terrorist attack, which the media then played the images of over and over for months for profit and ideological reasons
a war, within which combat footage was televised, usually far enough back that you never saw what actually was happening to any of the participants, or the buildings they were in, 24/7 in bars and reception offices and doctor waiting rooms and hospitals and diners and canteens
another war, which the same, but this time it was obviously for false pretenses
the majority of your entire town, every town, turning against the anti war vigils
cops murdering people all the time
cops rioting against peaceful protestors
cops targeting lethal force at them
ICE
just accepting car accidents and pedestrian deaths
fascist street thugs
COVID and the response to it
but no it had to be the games and the movies
