Democratic societies are becoming increasingly indifferent to the human cost of modern wars, as public debate and moral scrutiny have declined considerably.
The tragedy of war is being obscured by a fog of abstractions and a lack of meaningful media coverage, which has numbed citizens to violence and suffering.
Even when large sections of the public oppose wars, the conflicts continue without sustained democratic pressure or accountability.
Democracies risk losing their moral voice when wars become routine spectacles and citizens feel powerless to influence political decisions.
The real danger lies not only in war itself, but in the growing normalisation of conflict and the erosion of democratic engagement.
