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I was inspired to write this very short post by an online discussion about an attempted kidnapping of a toddler girl. One user commented on how he would have beaten the wannabe kidnapper, displaying behaviour that wasn't rational, but purely emotional.

The point is that he was imagining the emotions of a parent witnessing and intervening in the attempted abduction of his little girl, and was using violence to make the other party feel an equally intense emotion (pain) to force them to conform to the rules of the pack.

Violence, however, should be a mere tool, either to make someone desist, in which case you only need enough to scare off the wannabe kidnapper, or to take them down, nothing more. There is no sense whatsoever in wasting energy and exposing yourself to risks in long brawls or beatings.

Yet this simple concept doesn't seem to be understood by most people, who live by pure emotion and pack conformity: they don't do things because the rules of the pack, born who knows when or why and not to be questioned, dictate it, and they act on emotion, without a plan, without a project, without truly knowing the territory they are navigating, seeking a small emotional reward every time with no further ambition.

It isn't my intention here to bring Schopenhauer's philosophy in the discussion; this is just a micro-post inspired by a discussion, but I suggest weighing up the concept because it can be clearly seen in many episodes, both micro and macro.

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