On Violence

[John 6IX Breezy]

Unfortunately this leaves human beings with an unsolvable paradox, in that it is natural for us to have virtually unlimited desires, yet also natural for us to hope for a peaceful and secure society which demands the suppression of many desires.

Certainly, as Freud has said, "It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct."

And this is why I've called violence a non-strategy. Because it is in many ways rock bottom, the default mode in nature, and the first thing a child learns they possess. Violence is only a strategy to the extent that anything one does, or doesn't do, can be considered strategy, which doesn't say much. Even in war, few would consider all out violence to be strategic. Rather, strategy is born when you begin to be selective and precise in battle, placing restraints and conditions on violence. Strategy is knowing when and where NOT to be violent.