Gang Activity: Desensitized, and Detached from the Distress of the Violent Existence of Her On-Screen Avatars, Val Just Keeps It Going

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“I’ll bet I can keep the military occupation of Iraq going for years!”

“That would be great, Val!”

“Why? Because you like to watch military occupations of Iraq?”

“No, because by securing the energy required to temporarily sustain my unsustainable, exuberant American lifestyle— which is based on the extraction of toxic compounds from the Earth’s crust and releasing them into the atmosphere —rather than pursuing serious energy policy reform, will bring about the end of the planet’s long-time, amoral regime of being habitable for human life in just centuries rather than millennia, and our cosmic debt will be paid in full!”