War reverses the protection-obedience relation so subjects protect the sovereign.

Evidence

But what happens when the state goes to war? Then, according to Hobbes, “each man is bound by nature, as much as in him lieth, to protect in war, the authority, by which he is himself protected in time of peace.” The protective relationship is reversed. In peacetime, the sovereign protects me; in wartime, I protect the sovereign. The phenomenon is one of a reversion of the protective relationship. In this new schema, the two arrows are aligned in a single direction, from the subjects to the sovereign. Now those protected must protect a protector who no longer protects them. As soon as war breaks out, the maxim of sovereignty is no longer, at least directly, “Protego ergo obligo,” but the reverse: “Obligo ergo protegor”—I am obliged, so I am protected. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 559

Categorization

• XREF: This reversal is the crux the reader cares about — the subjects’ obligation to kill follows from the inverted protection relation. — connects to: The protective state’s hidden principle is obedience owed even when protection fails; War’s protection reversal exposes domination as the hidden core of sovereignty. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 560; Legitimate political authority rests on an exchange of protection for obedience. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 558 (+3 more)

Related

• War’s protection reversal exposes domination as the hidden core of sovereignty. (similarity 0.89)
• Kant reverses the protector’s command into a citizen’s claim over the sovereign. (similarity 0.87)
• The protective state’s hidden principle is obedience owed even when protection fails (similarity 0.84)
• Legitimate political authority rests on an exchange of protection for obedience. (similarity 0.80)
• Sovereignty inherently contradicts its protective mandate by holding power of death. (similarity 0.79)
• War can invert from disruption of law into law’s governing principle (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• War’s protection reversal exposes domination as the hidden core of sovereignty. #expands (0.80) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 560
• Kant reverses the protector’s command into a citizen’s claim over the sovereign. #expands (0.70) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 573
• Legitimate political authority rests on an exchange of protection for obedience. #qualifies (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 558