Drone strikes drove some residents to self-imprison in their homes

Evidence

One inhabitant of Datta Khel—a place hit more than thirty times by drones in the course of the past three years—says that his neighbors “have lost their mental balance … are just locked in a room. Just like you lock people in prison, they are locked in a room.” — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 206

Categorization

• QUESTION: A single testimony, but suggests potential widespread psychological breakdown worth verifying with clinical data.
• XREF: connects to: Domestic drone policing will make citizens potential targets — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 637; Protecting national lives through drones increases their social precariousness. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 607; Drone assassination reframes war as social defense through preventive security measures (+1 more)

Related

• Domestic drone policing will make citizens potential targets (similarity 0.84)
• Drone assassination reframes war as social defense through preventive security measures (similarity 0.79)
• Protecting national lives through drones increases their social precariousness. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Protecting national lives through drones increases their social precariousness. #expands (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 607
• Drone assassination reframes war as social defense through preventive security measures #complicates (0.50)
• Armed drones reshape sovereignty over a state’s own subjects, not just enemies #expands (0.50)