If we completely ignore the human beings involved (it still is idiotic). They aren't dogs or machines, but real people, like you. War is a nightmare for fully c

If we completely ignore the human beings involved (it still is idiotic). They aren't dogs or machines, but real people, like you. War is a nightmare for fully capable humans, leading to lifetimes of PTSD, high rates of suicide, and much more damage. Beyond the emotional damage, people need to be able to function to survive. An autistic person under fire in a small intimate squad is in hell. It's also a threat to the people around them, whose lives depend on them, and highly demoralizing - setting an example of transparently bad judgment and disregard for even basic humanity of their own fellow soldiers. And it's a threat to the mission. I know it's trendy to perform amoral, sociopathic disregard for humanity (and geerally to post boundary-crossing provocations on the Internet). It's a very, very dangerous thing - which is probably why it's trendy; people like to play with those things, to look edgy. Our behaviors truly influence reality, as we know well now; the Internet is not a separate world, like a multi-player video game, but part of reality with direct impact. Also, not only does choosing that behavior introduce an enormous negative, but we feel the absence of the positive. If you and I don't do the latter, who will? There's no parents out there to fix what we break as we play. The world needs you.