Most violence isn’t. AnyMost times an oppressive network in power exists—whether that’s the neural network of a domestic abuser or a social network of a cult or an institutional network of a repressive state—the oppressed networks will reply with tit-for-tat (to varying degrees). When that network involves violence, violence will be in the tit-for-tat response. When that network involves ethnic aesthetic prejudice, there will be some ethnic aesthetic prejudice in the tit-for-tat. Defusing the problem requires deescalating and removing both ends of the thing, but also requires recognizing which sides of the network are producing more amplification of the conflict, because demanding the reflecting side deescalate first basically never works. Of course, peer conflicts also exist, but they’re rarer than imbalanced conflicts.
A great point and this is something that oppressive networks have used from time immemorial. When the oppressed network fights back, it is accused of being as bad (or worse) than the oppressive network.
Ethnic violence is rarely one sided.
Most violence isn’t.
AnyMost times an oppressive network in power exists—whether that’s the neural network of a domestic abuser or a social network of a cult or an institutional network of a repressive state—the oppressed networks will reply with tit-for-tat (to varying degrees). When that network involves violence, violence will be in the tit-for-tat response. When that network involves ethnic aesthetic prejudice, there will be some ethnic aesthetic prejudice in the tit-for-tat. Defusing the problem requires deescalating and removing both ends of the thing, but also requires recognizing which sides of the network are producing more amplification of the conflict, because demanding the reflecting side deescalate first basically never works. Of course, peer conflicts also exist, but they’re rarer than imbalanced conflicts.A great point and this is something that oppressive networks have used from time immemorial. When the oppressed network fights back, it is accused of being as bad (or worse) than the oppressive network.