What caused the capitol people from the hunger games to be desesinized?

Answer 1

Their desensitization is not so surprising when you look at our own culture and history. The Capital is just a couple of notches down from where we are right now. The cause is the same: distance and the cleverly spun media/Propaganda.

In our own culture don't we wast food and have food buffets- all you can eat, and throw so much away while people are starving elsewhere. Are we not tattooed, surgically altered and hair dyed? And hasn't our history shown that we can send people in arenas, to their death, and call it fun? Then when it comes to the Games, the media is careful to glamorize it to such an extent that pain and life is minimized.

Besides, everything in the Capital is about self interest, and not at all about caring outside of oneself. So to even looking outward to someone elses condition is counter culture. The people of the Capital are in a sort of bubble where conditions that affect the other districts don't touch them, nor do they spend their time even thinking of the difference, if they are told the truth at all. Most of them, bottom line, don't know.

The pain, the suffering does not touch them, nor are they mindful of it. Or care to be. Hence, it does not affect them, and the distance grows apathy. Apathy makes one desensitized. It's human nature.