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it seems terribly obvious that, absent the influence of a large scale political context, a child who is lovingly raised by their mother and father, the two individuals who would have the closest embodied connection to them, would tend to be less likely to kill another, as an act of aggression, then someone raised without such love and attention. yes, in some circumstances, such love and attention are not given by their birth parents directly, but by the best efforts of other blood relatives, or, if in worst case orphaned, even that of perfect strangers from their extended community who do what they can. and there will be, of course, those who despite best efforts, whatever they may be, are traumatized by external factors and lash out in murderous rage. from what i have seen of this world, the greatest risk factor for motivating mass violence and murder, is any organizational structure that is so large that it becomes impersonal and disembodied. these are my thoughts on this matter in general and in regards to anarchism.
