[diego_moita]

I see it more like instinct vs. reason. When reason fights instinct, the later usually wins.

We get surprised when groups that we expect to be sophisticated behave exactly like Polynesian/Amazonian tribes or chimpanzees in the Congo.

But, many times, civilization is just a varnish over bestiality, a make-up on a pig. Deep down we react like tribes that repress behavior that looks threatening to our group cohesion.