It was very simple, very human, it was the default if nothing else intervened. To Draco, his enemies weren’t people.
Unfortunately, I do find this to be humanity’s default: a drive to exploit and use others for personal advancement. Agamben calls it “bare life.”—a biological life stripped of political meaning. Your enemy does not deserve the dignity of humanity. They are the Other to be destroyed and trampled.
Unfortunately, I do find this to be humanity’s default: a drive to exploit and use others for personal advancement. Agamben calls it “bare life.”—a biological life stripped of political meaning. Your enemy does not deserve the dignity of humanity. They are the Other to be destroyed and trampled.