>is something those other cultures have not seemed to match
>with whatever violent campaigns they undertook
>

Tell that to a group of villagers watching the Mongols roll up

>also what I was getting at is do we blame "humanity" for it's
>violence or do we blame those who lead it?

Well let's get mad philosophical.. humanity is the "consensus"... many times we don't know HOW we got to the consensus... like there is no one to "blame" for languages right? the consensus created them.

There wasn't 1 dude who said yo... here is Spanish bestowed unto you.

I think that violence has gone down as we march forward incorporating more and more people into the whole. The consensus deems it immoral and "unfit" to the survival of the whole so it is looked at negatively.

The problem (that we are talking about re: the hood) happens in the margins where groups are left out of said consensus. So imo the blame falls directly on the powers that be that can change this specific situation (government, the state etc..)