Hi Elias and welcome to the forum.

The short answer is:

The aether is the virtual photon potential fluxing in vacuum space and it is very symmetrical in nature. Not random but chaotic. + and - virtual charges.

A battery is a dipole that breaks the symmetry causing the potential to move asymmetrically...high moves to one terminal and low moves to the other.

Hook a bulb to a battery..that closes the loop.

Positive photon potential moves from + terminal OVER the wires to the - terminal.

Anti-photon time reversed negative potential moves from - terminal OVER wires TOWARDS + terminal on battery.

The + potential flowing... 10 to the -13th power (estimated) gets intercepted into the copper atoms of the wire. Electrons in 3rd electron orbit (if you even believe in electrons) are attracted towards + terminal.

The photon potentials in both directions are moving almost at light speed and electrons are moving a few inches per hour.