Political violence is like a festering wound, in that, without the aid of antibiotics the wound has the potential to depress the immune system and eventually overwhelm the individual, leading to death. In this analogy, antibiotics could represent forces that are always looking for the rogue virus's bent on the destruction of the whole body (society). I often wonder why people resort to violence, of any kind, to solve a particular problem. Questions can be …showed first 75 words of 1550 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1550 total…not occur in any other species on the planet. Psychology and pathology (with respect to the brain), certainly, are the only determining factors for answering these questions. Once we have truly mastered the mind, then we will understand political violence and revolutionary change. Then we can, with certainty, produce a clear and concise explanation and one that everybody will agree upon. Bibliography Sederberg, Peter C. FIRES WITHIN: Political Violence and Revolutionary Change. Harper-Collins College Press. 1994.