It’s not because the majority “lets” violent aggressors get what they want, it’s because capitalism as a system selects for those most willing to do whatever it takes to gain the most profit. It’s a control system that selects for profit, if a capitalist is unwilling to do whatever it takes then another overtakes them. Socialist countries don’t have these same problems to nearly the same extent.
“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
It can’t be fixed because violent aggressors are always willing to use more violence than everyone else.
I was just break checked going 80 mph on an empty freeway. They came to a complete stop in front of me then sped off. No there’s nothing I can do about it. They put my entire family at risk for what?
Yes, a better world IS possible
I would argue it’s not only engrained in society, or even ingrained in the human psyche, it’s engrained in nature itself. Violence in nature is often rewarded with subordinance, and our evolutionary lineage has certainly continued it.
Overcoming that instinct globally is going to require a huge cultural shift, but we will be much better off if we do.
Shit right, ingrained. I wrote this late at night lol
I wasn’t trying to correct you, I’m just an idiot who managed to spell it two different ways in the same post. It sounds like both spellings are valid, but I still shouldn’t mix-n-match.
Oh no, I didn’t think you were intending on correcting me. I just realized I misspelled it after reading your post but I guess the real lesson I learned is that both spellings are correct.
I’d love to say yes, but ironically changing that state of affairs is going to require a lot of violence
Violent aggression per se (carrying around a big club and using it to bonk anyone who put up resistance) hasn’t worked in quite a while. These days it’s more about propaganda.
Isn’t that arguably only because modern governments maintain a “monopoly on violence,” essentially?
Maybe if people understood morality as part of the universe and human experience and not just an invention, and then kept themselves righteously in check as they should which would naturally follow (through belief in a higher power and His judgement, for instance, or simply because they take pride in being correct human beings), we could all live under the same paradigm, trust each other more easily, and work together to make our world better for us all.
Not for a while.
yes, but only in some cases, while not in others.
Not sure what you mean exactly. Typically in the US, people using violence get put in jail/prison.
As guards?
So we dont have a mass incarnation problem in the US?
I was not aware of this heavy buddhist culture in America
