/lit/ - Literature

>>22018001
And?

Violence is a meme. Like dishonesty, cruelty, or dogma, once it gains a foothold in an environment it justifies it's own existence. Although it makes the lives of any individual actor more difficult no one will unilaterally de-escalate for fear of the out group. In most developed countries were largely insulated from this effect by laws but at the national level things are murkier, closer to the state of nature.