| Viewing the battlefield from a distance, it is not clear which side is the winner and which the loser. The nation-state feeds alike from both sides (Paul Kahn) |
 The bodies of Italian soldiers dead on the battlefield, victims of a gas and flame attack during World War I.
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| Viewing the battlefield from a distance, it is not clear which side is the winner and which the loser. The nation-state feeds alike from both sides (Paul Kahn). |
 Battlefield covered with the dead bodies of Russian soldiers (World War I).
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From: Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty
"It doesn't really matter which side wins the battle and which side loses, as long as the national gods are fed with the blood of sacrificial victims."
From the gods' point of view, neither side wins or loses. The god cannot lose in any case.
| Viewing the battlefield from a distance, it is not clear which side is the winner and which the loser. The nation-state feeds alike from both sides (Paul Kahn) |
 German bodies after a battle in the Spring of 1915.
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As long as dead bodies on the battlefield feed the hungry nation-state.
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