War

War, an enduring aspect of the human experience, has long served as fodder for the nationalistic rhetoric employed in the name of state defense. Whether waged for conquest, border defense, counterterrorism, or the lofty goal of exporting democracy and human rights to the less "civilized" global south (Fanon, 1961), the rules that govern these "just" wars have largely been crafted by a select few, representing the darker aspects of Western capitalism's history. Unfortunately, war and human rights are deeply intertwined, with the pages of our contemporary history being written in the innocent blood spilled during these conflicts. It's not just to highlight the inherent technological organization of armed conflicts aimed at subduing humanity, targeting civilians, and decimating populations to further the oppressors' gains. Rather, it is to expose how these conflicts often exploit the façade of justice and civilization, pitting the "good" against the "evil" to perpetuate imperialistic agendas of dominance and expropriation (Perugini & Gordon, 2018).