As new technologies are changing the warrior ethos and why it is important for the civilians

All people are different, and all times are different, we will not dispute the obvious. All the soldiers are also different, but there is a moment which unites representatives of professional military corporations of all countries and of all ages.

Modern Russian military bear little resemblance to the Japanese samurai (our happiness: samurai could try out a new sword on the counter commoners, while the Russian military once himself still holding back). But any military (unless it is deprived of all capacity for reflection) in any age and at any place would have understood what the first line "Hidden in the trees", "Hagakure", drawn up at the beginning of XVIII, and maybe at the end of the XVII century the collection of sayings of the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo:

"I learned that the Way of the Samurai - is death."

Every man lives to death, and though everyone is different, all lives end the same way. But for the ordinary person's death is always a shock, a disaster, and most importantly - a surprise, even though the average person, doctors announced in advance, the number of months left in the important and unimportant things. And for the person of the military death - natural background of life, occupational risk. The case of a military man - to kill, and a willingness to die at any time - the first item in the list of costs profession.

Even in the era of missiles with a nuclear power plant, flying on an unpredictable trajectory (ie, gizmos, though the latest, but psychologically obsolete, pulling the military traditions of the last century), the battle is presented as a fatal exchange of blows, suggesting the inevitable death of all the participants. Way of the Samurai nuclear death, too, is even greater clarity.

This willingness, awareness of death as a part of their own business, to create a special military. Samurai legionary, conceited lord and even ordinary mass armies mobilized for a certain period. As long as he's in shape, he accepts the rights and risks of corporate warriors, he shares this special.

This particular is expensive, because it increases power.

Conscious willingness to die for centuries created the right to rule.

From this particular growing state. Noble therefore called noble, that were born (that's a blessing) for war and death. There is a famous example of the emergence and existence of serfdom in Russia, that is, with a plot about what one person can, almost as a thing belonging to another, and to see in such a situation, something everyday.

The fortress is not something to be especially once satisfied his cheerless fate, it happened, and cut gentlemen, sometimes big and enthusiastic, but generally understood that their freedom they exchange for the right not to fight if the sovereign will call. They were replaced in the case of murder and death of their Lord, am bound to serve, that is, be a "horse, crowded and oruzhno" the royal summons. Protect them from the enemy, too, claiming the right to kill and ready to die, if the process so requires.

But when there was unlucky issued by Peter III, and then confirmed by fortunate Catherine II decree "On Liberty noble", appeared to question the grounds of being Russian. Answers to those questions, however, still does not appear, and the new members of the military corporations (they are more name-calling "security forces"), dream of a revival of feudalism with a new face, but that's another story.

History for centuries understood and described as a series of wars (and diplomatic games that war is delayed, the closer), that is, as the work of members of the corporation of professional soldiers.

The destiny of the warrior seemed admirable and heroic death in the name of what some ideals - the most worthy of human affairs.

And it is only recently, some historians have thought that the changes in the minds of men the most common is more important than the act of sovereign princes in shining armor. However, in school history textbooks (at least for us) is still entirely battles and princes in armor. Dictators or a mustache, fathers victories Perfectors feats. Children will be more time to think that the world is precisely this: the gun gives uniqueness, specialness gives power, the state exists to scare each other or beat, and people - for heroic death.

Or will not, because the technology come into play, and the changes in the minds occur more rapidly than in the past, often too rapidly, so that people noticed them. Way drone operator - it is not death. This is the way an office clerk. He goes to work with a sandwich in the bag, as well as millions of other clerks. Just sit at the computer and just clicks on a button. His skills are about as unique as the student skills in playing shooter.

And he certainly is no special marriage is not concluded with the death. On the contrary, it is the death of a divorce. On the screen - again, like in a computer game - melteshat cars and men. He looks at them through the crosshairs, but he certainly does not expect retaliation. These figures melteshaschie do not know who he is and where he is, they have no chance to reply. Bomber pilot can knock down, and have to wade through a prisoner poured napalm former jungle. Pilot to shoot down the drone can not. This means that its uniqueness is over, and death is not the background more to his office life.

But for this - the possibility of incredible shifts in a person's ideas about the nature of power and building a relationship with her. Because before, it is always - good repeat - Special armed man and create power.