The Little Prince in the Ossuary

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#Intermission, willingness to fight, and combat fatigue (2)

After “The End,” combat fatigue was an expression of trauma. As a result, it could appear on a daily basis—that was, if people’s daily lives could be compared to battle.

Therefore, combat fatigue management was a key component of community operations. In order to operate more efficiently, leaders needed to contain, or sometimes encourage, combat fatigue in their members.

Yes, that’s right. You didn’t read it wrong. Intentionally creating combat fatigue was one of the key pieces of know-how in community operations and human resources management.

To give an example, people’s trauma was highly likely to influence their political orientation. A traumatized person wouldn’t want to go through that experience again. So if the pain they had suffered were likely to be reproduced at all, they would instinctively reject the situation. It was an instinct for self-preservation, in which there was no room for rational judgment.

In reality, the political conservatism of war veterans was the best example. Because they had been through such a terrible experience, they would consider their survival and the maintenance of their community to be basic values.

This was also a means of creating enthusiastic supporters.

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