in response to the common hoopla and fanfare surrounding the common announcement of massive government support of "efficient" systems of violent control. In celebrating this effort one person points to how abstracting away the costs of warfare for "all" parties will improve the situation.

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yea either it will make the situation more calm.. or people will lose any sense of the reality of the situation and play it like a video game... similar to the effect of aerial bombing where the `costs` of war are hidden from the group that has the most firepower and capacity for destruction.

Long term we have to be a bit concerned with the 'efficiency' in controlling large population. The most violent systems of state oppression and apocalyptic weaponry always emerge from the most technologically advanced nations. As technology makes it easier to "fight" stateless wars (the only kind of war we will have until the end) Its only a matter of time before the powerful weaponry inevitable points inward to destroy "all" it's internal "enemies".

The margin in which democratic values overcome fascism is already pretty razor thin. And in fact already completely subverted for sectors of the global population under occupation. Here highly sophisticated military technology is deployed not to address the real social and economic problems that drive people to want to overthrown imposed governments or destabilize society

...rather it institutes violent military control over peoples lives. The military solutions ofcourse never fixes the real social and economic problems so they linger and push those that do not accept oppressive social and economic systems to violence and within hegemonic logic necessitate more military resources and perpetuate a downward spiral of violence ie Iraq. Here one of two things happen the collective decides the "costs" of imposing control are not worth it and seeks a political solution or your left with a planet of "green zones" and violent urban warfare outside of this space carried out by loyal drones.

Reducing these "costs" may seem like a good idea for the short term, especially for those currently living the the green zone nations of the world... but eventually these low "costs" apply inward and subvert democratic systems. Making it easier to impose systems of control on others is the first step of reducing your own freedoms. ...Ultimately what goes around comes around...or more aptly put "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

So in conclusion we would be much better off investing in technologies that support democratic institutions and give people control over their lives rather than technologies that let the state violently impose a single ridged idea of what freedom is for others.