Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.
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The decline of violence isn't a steady inclined plane from an original state of maximal and universal bloodshed. Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with.
We all agreed that violence begets violence, and you can't solve issues with more violence.
The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.
Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.
One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country.
Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with.
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
The decline of violence is a fractal phenomenon. You can see it over millennia, over centuries, over decades and over years.
The world is not violent. But there is a lot of violence in it.