Normalized risk of nuclear destruction ties people to the system producing it

Evidence

In any case, the risk of avoidable, man-made destruction has become normal equipment in the mental as well as material household of the people, so that it can no longer serve to indict or refute the established social system. Moreover, as part of their daily household, it may even tie them to this system. The economic and political connection between the absolute enemy and the high standard of living (and the desired level of employment!) is transparent enough, but also rational enough to be accepted. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 342

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to contemporary debates about permanent war economy and manufactured consent. — connects to: The nuclear threat functions to protect the forces perpetuating that danger — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 82; Society’s growth profits from perpetuating the danger it claims to defend against — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 83