Cultural differences: In the 70s, a British criminalologist observed you were more likely to be stabbed in Britain, but more likely to be stabbed to death in the US.
Well, if you intentionally ambush someone, then that is instrumental violence. If it is a happenstance confrontation that turns deadly, that is reactive. A lot of gang violence is instrumental. Gang violence is, however, a relatively small proportion of homicides: though that can vary by time and place.
Yes, and such is explained the difference between the USA and Brazil. In Brazil, there was never any MASTERLESS MEN. Everybody had a master, even the Master, and the goal in life was to always fool the master without the master knowing he was being fooled, even when it was the Master fooling himself.
As always Lorenzo gets me to look at the world in new ways.
Fascinating and compelling analysis.
Cultural differences: In the 70s, a British criminalologist observed you were more likely to be stabbed in Britain, but more likely to be stabbed to death in the US.
Where does gang violence in the U.S. get classified between instrumental (system 2) and reactive (system 1)?
Well, if you intentionally ambush someone, then that is instrumental violence. If it is a happenstance confrontation that turns deadly, that is reactive. A lot of gang violence is instrumental. Gang violence is, however, a relatively small proportion of homicides: though that can vary by time and place.
Yes, and such is explained the difference between the USA and Brazil. In Brazil, there was never any MASTERLESS MEN. Everybody had a master, even the Master, and the goal in life was to always fool the master without the master knowing he was being fooled, even when it was the Master fooling himself.
Brazil is a country with a great future ahead of it, and always will be.
And where the mice always blame the cheese.
Thomas Sowell has written about how black slaves cut loose from plantation culture would adopt Appalachian culture.
He has. I am a bit less sold on that as you can see equivalent patterns in non-slave groups.
Nathan Cofnas has a good article about that