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That's true, but hasn't war always been ultimately about dehumanization? It's just that up until recently, it hadn't usually been literal dehumanization.

If you think of war as an extension of politics, which in turn is an extension of economics, then ultimately what wins and loses wars is the weapons which are capable of overpowering not simply human spirit or skill, but more fundamentally - economic systems. I think it's good and culturally important to put a human face on war, to learn its stories and to respect the heroes, decisionmakers, and what war does to real people - but ultimately, if you don't have a military that's capable of controlling, securing, and disrupting global economic systems, you're not going to achieve much. Which is why, as dehumanizing as it is, cyber warfare and drones are staying as long the world economy works the way it does.