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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

We have been - violence has been trending down for centuries. And it isn't oppressive societies that are most dangerous, but anarchic ones. You need to read this book:

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

I don't disagree at all violence has been tending down.

What I'm saying is that it's appalling that in this day and age, people are still killing each other for religion, and societies still execute criminals.

I guess my expectation for humanity is that given how much we've collectively achieved, we'd be past all this nonsense by now.