"In the centers of civilization war means no more than a continuous shortage of consumption goods, and the occasional crash of a rocket bomb which may cause a few scores of death." (186)
The people of this time have gotten so used to death and devastation that they're desensitized, and all that they know is happening is a certain food or item is in a shortage. Even the rocket bombs are sort of blown off by them as only causing a few deaths, as if human lives are dispensable.
reprisal: n. The practice of using political or military force without actually resorting to war.
alignment: n. Arrangement or position in a straight line or in parallel lines.
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