Not in the sense that they are themselves brutal thugs (though that too sometimes), but in the sense that they view violence as the only measure of power. Unless there is a man with a gun or a whip behind you, it is assumed that he cannot exercise power over you. And if no power is being exercised over you, your behaviour is assumed to be fully voluntary and completely your own to decide.

In other words, they skipped over all major advances in the social sciences for the last hundred years or so.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.