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The concept of "male aggression" as an explanation for warfare is one of the dumbest concepts coming out of the academic world.
General Sir John Hacket had it right: “The military makes demands which few if any other callings do. And of course emotionally disturbed people talk about being trained to kill. The whole essence of being a soldier is not to slay but to be slain. You offer yourself up to be slain, rather than setting yourself as a slayer. Now one can get into very deep water here, but there’s food for thought in it.”
Warfare is social institution or ideology rather than an inclination of individual human beings.
If you think soldiers "get off" by fighting, watch the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan.
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