It makes no difference what men think of war. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, War waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the was it was and always will be. That way and not some other way.
- Blood Meridian
The primordial act of violence has haunted humanity since the dawn of time, The spectre of violence is in every action and conversation. Even now the simple handshake contains echos of eons past.
Perhaps it’s cold to think of such things. Too frigid to think of what lurks behind the icy depths of your neighbours eyes. If this is the case — I suggest then you don’t look in the mirror. For the person staring back at you is capable of all sorts of things. If you do not believe this, I don’t know how you found here; but you should turn back now.
There is a calculus to Violence, a method to the madness, from wars and genocides to murder and domestic abuse. From famous dictators to your local psycho. It’s all the same. No matter the level of analysis there is a pattern.
Yet if you try to research “the logic of violence” in any capacity you will find all manner of explanations and excuses for civil wars, jihadism, communism, cults or if you dig, psychopaths & sociopaths. But nothing that links them all together.
It here we the stare into the abyss and look at the true face of violence. Unravelling what others dare not speak of.