Drone warfare emerged from political weakness of empire, not technological strength.

Evidence

First it must be pointed out that the development of the remote war technology issues from the weakness, not strength of American capitalism. In fact, this technology signifies further estrangement of the system from the American people. The Air War was developed because the American Army was no longer trustworthy. Remote warfare will come into being because this war and any future wars waged by the American Imperialists to control the world are no longer politically acceptable to the American people. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 722

Categorization

• XREF: Directly speaks to the reader’s goal of a Drowned Fundamental — remote killing arises because citizens no longer accept casualties, a political cause for a technological turn. — connects to: Modern drone asymmetry is a continuation of colonial weapons double standards; Technological superiority does not guarantee military victory in guerrilla warfare. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 713

Related

• Modern drone asymmetry is a continuation of colonial weapons double standards (similarity 0.87)
• The armed drone resolves a centuries-old tension in political sovereignty. (similarity 0.82)
• Remote-controlled warfare was predicted to radicalize the asymmetry between imperial powers and colonized peoples (similarity 0.82)
• Drone warfare creates a new configuration that is neither war nor peace (similarity 0.82)
• Armed drones reshape sovereignty over a state’s own subjects, not just enemies (similarity 0.81)
• Drones resolve the guerrilla problem by depriving insurgents of any target to attack. (similarity 0.81)
• The drone resolved a centuries-old contradiction in the theory of state sovereignty over war (similarity 0.81)
• Technological superiority does not guarantee military victory in guerrilla warfare. (similarity 0.81)
• Telechiric warfare was predicted to radicalize imperial asymmetry rather than end war (similarity 0.80)
• The drone reconciles liberal security statehood with unrestricted waging of war. (similarity 0.80)
• Drone war turns strategic evaluation into disconnected body counts. (similarity 0.80)
• Drone dominance of warfare is not an inexorable historical fate (similarity 0.80)
• Eliminating reciprocal exposure to violence makes drones look like cowardly weapons. (similarity 0.80)
• Drone warfare creates a new ethical-political norm neither war nor peace (similarity 0.80)
• Drones deactivate democratic war critique by removing citizens’ exposure to death. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Technological superiority does not guarantee military victory in guerrilla warfare. #qualifies (0.60) — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 713