| Kasz216 said: Also, plenty of countries don't attack for self defense.
Always sociopaths too like Charles Manson and others who kill just because they want to or convince others to kill just to prove their influence etc.
A lot of mobsters know they can "go straight" if they want to as well and be fine. They don't however cause they like the money and influence, they certaitnly aren't killing for self defense. |
There is squabbles over resources that can happen. What will happen is the threatened side feels provoked and then is justified to act, in the case of war. They feel their being is threatened. Broaded a bit what I am saying and self-preservation ends up fitting here also. You have the case of Iraq invading Kuwait, because apparently Kuwait threatened oil Iraq wanted by how it drilled.
Pretty much it is a state of panic and fear that drives aggression to hapen, for most of the part. In the case of mobsters, I do believe they lean far more on the threat of force then actually doing it. Idea is to get what you want without the violence. Any type of act of aggression on their part will either be retalliatory or a preemptive strike against an enemy before they get them.
Now theft or taking of property I would say has a different motivation behind it, and can happen aggressively. Person stealing will end up doing such to get what they feel they deserve, and will often look to do it without harming physically the other person, just maybe even things out some. You can get violence here, but often done preemptively. It can also happen if the thief feels they may have witnesses and faces a bad fate.
