It’s no surprise. The entire nation is based on the idea of coveting and stealing other people’s property, so they often have to also murder people too.
Like it says in the Good Book.
Pinker on Peace and Enlightenment
"If, despite impressions, the long-term trend, though halting and incomplete, is that violence of all kinds is decreasing, I think that calls for a rehabilitation of the ideals of modernity and progress, and it's a cause for gratitude for the institutions of...