Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with.
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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.
Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.
We have to change the culture of mass violence we have.
Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.
It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
We need to do something about the culture of violence.
For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we can savor - and an impetus to cherish the forces of civilization and enlightenment that made it possible.
Real change is always violent, but it may hurt a lot less than what's in place before the violence occurs.
The decline of violence is a fractal phenomenon. You can see it over millennia, over centuries, over decades and over years.