The epistemics of violence -
non human animals like wolves and coyotes have to endure at home
what some human animals s in far away countries might experience as their last moments being hit by explosives from the land of the Red White and Blue
"Here, the honor is not in how one kills, but in the act of killing itself. The ability to kill. To kill without regret. Without being haunted by the lives you’ve cut short, even innocent lives. Especially innocent lives. To kill with your hands, with a knife, with a gun, with an arrow, with a joystick, by pressing a button, by opening the bomb-bay doors, by striking a match, by inserting a needle, by flipping a switch."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/19/the-essential-american-soul-wyoming-version/

The Essential American Soul, Wyoming Version
The US is a violent country. Every American knows this. We need violence to get through the day. We need to watch it. We need to play at violence in games. We need to hear it and feel it. We need to believe we’re more violent than anyone else. We need the security of thinking no one can take our violence away. We’re frightened by the violence around us and turned on by the violence done to others. Many of us are scared we’re not violent enough, that when push comes to shove, when it comes time to prove our violence, we won’t measure up.



