I know the press tour is giving "centrist lib" but I think of the things Garland's Civil War is getting at is similar to your opening piece. The idea of being inured to images of war, the role journalism plays in that. You say in War & Peace: "The point is that war is an affront to human nature across the board, inconceivable until it is unavoidable." as a somewhat optimistic idea. I'd argue Civil War is the flip side of that - the nihilism of that dissonance between what we become desensitized to and what we may one day experience ourselves.
Great work as always friend, hope you're doing well (and I can't remember if I've said but absolutely loving the new album)
I know the press tour is giving "centrist lib" but I think of the things Garland's Civil War is getting at is similar to your opening piece. The idea of being inured to images of war, the role journalism plays in that. You say in War & Peace: "The point is that war is an affront to human nature across the board, inconceivable until it is unavoidable." as a somewhat optimistic idea. I'd argue Civil War is the flip side of that - the nihilism of that dissonance between what we become desensitized to and what we may one day experience ourselves.
Great work as always friend, hope you're doing well (and I can't remember if I've said but absolutely loving the new album)