When we look for the root causes of violence in our society, it only makes sense to start at the beginning. I assume that none of us were born evil, or angry at the world.
Anger is a byproduct of fear.
Even before birth, we are receptive to disturbances in the environment that surrounds our mothers' wombs. Many of us were literally drugged and forced into this world by extremely violent means. Our welcome into a brightly lit airconditioned world is usually followed by an unnecessary seperation from the familiar rythms of our mothers' heartbeats which instantly triggers a totally justifiable response of extreme trauma and fear. Our trust in love is violated and betrayed from the very moment that we enter this world. Our mothers are conditioned to respond to institutionalized fears at the expense of their sensitivity and intimate responsibility to their infant's emotional needs.