30 Nov 2022 1:30 pm
Violence is a key element in making and sustaining a nation. I know of no nation that ever existed without violence and bloodshed. Or, if one did exist, it was probably for a very short time and lost to history.FOS » 30 Nov 2022, 1:08 pm » wrote: ↑ dude...people have to like....eat. there's quote a bit of difference between say...a street gang and the roman empire.
the capacity for violence may be a necessary part of nation building...but it doesn't mean every murderer is building a nation, and it isn't all there is to it.
I would agree that violence and war machines are not the only thing that sustains a nation. Far from it, I'm sure. Also, if such were the case, I doubt I'd want to reside in that nation.