Drone psychopathology lies in produced compartmentalization, not operator trauma

Evidence

And what if drone psychopathology lay not where it is believed to be, in the possible traumas of the drone operators, but in the industrial production of compartmentalized psyches, immunized against any possibility of reflecting upon their own violence, just as their bodies are already immunized against any possibility of being exposed to the enemy? — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 427

Categorization

• XREF: Speaks directly to the reader’s interest in the ethic and politics of drone warfare and the moral transformations it produces. — connects to: Assumed drone-operator trauma serves to legitimize them as real soldiers; Drone operations constitute a pure case of perpetration-induced traumatic stress. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 389; A diagnosis of perpetration-induced stress is needed for drone operators. (+9 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 427

Broader Connections

• Drone technology structurally rules out existing trauma diagnoses. #corroborates (0.65)
• Drone operations constitute a pure case of perpetration-induced traumatic stress. #contradicts (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 389
• A diagnosis of perpetration-induced stress is needed for drone operators. #contradicts (0.60)
• Drone design produces a strong moral buffering effect on operators #expands (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 407
• Drone technology produces a combined morale-buffering effect on operators #expands (0.60)
• Faceless blurry drone imagery reduces moral resistance to killing #expands (0.50) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 404
• Diffused agency in drone networks fabricates irresponsibility by diluting intentionality into accident #expands (0.50) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 665