Human nature is not, by its very most
primitive instincts for survival where
scarcity of natural resources dominated
and their possession might guarantee
existence, given to benevolence toward
one's fellow human. The struggle for
simple existence in competition with a
neighbour whose own focus is to acquire
the means to extend life through access
to food and shelter ensured that strife
and territorial conquest was a constant
of life wherever the human animal tended
to migrate in populating the Earth. Animus
toward another's aspirations, that of his
family unit, his tribe, his homeland has
never been resolved despite long annals
of history recording the cultivation of
civil society and laws restricting violence
under its guarantees of justice and security
lies close to the surface of a mind equipped
to view others as scheming to challenge
an owner of his possessions. The savage
clashes between the advantaged and the
claimants for possession now viewed as
crimes which no one is entitled to pursue.
Elemental surges of rage and criminal intent
mark the psychopaths in society even while
civilized elements constrain their passions.
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