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by petercooper 989 days ago
My guess is it's like the psychology around https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory or, more broadly, reflexivity and socialization.

People may not have any particular 'impulse' to violence in a stable, safe society, but may be all too ready to participate in violence in a violent society. Society does not solely reflect the people in it, people also reflect the society they're in.