Evidence that least possible necessary aggression would predict

Foreign Policy reports research that my theorizing with least possible necessary aggression would predict.

The Hidden Pandemic

What is it? Crime. And it is up all over the world.

Why would least possible necessary aggression predict a surge in crime?

Because crime is escalated, I believe, by repressive and more aggressive law enforcement measures. And repression and higher amounts of aggression are the other important variables that are up all over the world, these days.

You doubt that? Keep an eye on that Red Mosque situation in Pakistan.

It's ironic, isn't it?

Aggression and repression are natural responses to aggression and retaliatory measures against us. And aggression and retaliation, as Bobby Kennedy argued in his Mindless Menace of Violence speech immediately after the death of Martin Luther King, are the natural responses to aggression and repression. Sometimes aggression is needed. Often it is ineffective or counterproductive by increasing the overall level of aggression, repression, and retaliation. Until we face that reality more honestly and learn the lesson, that is the fate we have chosen. Let us choose wisely.

Love,
Ben