Wars increase human cruelty, altering perceptions of normal behavior.

Evidence

What is so clear to me, going through my hundreds of pages of notes from various declassified documents, is how wars introduce a red shift in human cruelty. It happens in battle, but also among civilians. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 338

Categorization

• XREF: This passage critiques wartime humanity, connects to psychological studies on war-induced behavior. — connects to: Living under looming war requires adapting psychologically to permanent low-grade dread — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 138; Dehumanising language and policy causes a ripple effect feeding through acts of violence and torture by state actors — ‘They deserve it for what they’re doing’: dehumanising rhetoric as a …; Categorizing one’s enemy as sub-human legitimizes increased violence and justifies violation of basic human rights. — Dehumanization (+11 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 338

Broader Connections

• Living under looming war requires adapting psychologically to permanent low-grade dread #expands (0.75) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 138