Peace or Violence: To be loved or feared

A while ago, I was enjoying time, chatting with my fellow citizens in the neoxian city when a topic came up. It was an argument on violence and peace. Peace had the most supporters but personally, I prefer violence. I'm not saying I love fighting, I would negotiate if possible, but if it comes to it, I would never back down from a fight and neither have I lost one either.

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Getting along with people is one of the things I hate doing most, I don't like pretending so I prefer staying alone and doing the things I love than to have people criticize me or try to make me change my ways. I don't get along with most people, and I don't think I need to. I read on Hive account@hopestylist post that focusing ones self helps in anxiety, seems like it works for making better decisions and living a better life. Normally, I would have preferred peace if I was thinking of what would happen to others around me, but are the people around you even thinking of you? I mostly do what's best and beneficial for me, thinking of other people that are not my family is not my thing. So anytime someone challenges me, I'll try to negotiate, but if they think I'm a soft person, putting them in their place is not something hard.

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While some people might prefer to be loved, I prefer to be feared. People that are loved will have it easy sometimes, but they will always have enemies. Even if the person is smiling with you, you can't read their minds to know the bad things they are planning for you, they might not even respect you as they know you're not a threat so they'll perceive you as someone inferior. There was a guy at my neighborhood that was easy and well going with everyone one, he had never fought with anyone before and he was always helping people. A few weeks ago, there was a robbery incident our my area, after that time, no one felt safe again. This guy wasn't even supposed to be a suspect as he also came outside when we heard there was a robber around. A few days later, vigilantes were looking around trying to find the culprit when one of them pointed to the guy. He said the guy was always acting friendly so he wouldn't be suspected for something like that, he said that he was sure the guy had something to do with it. The took the guy and beat the hell out of him, I felt sorry for him, if only he had remained anonymous and not try to get along with people. They finally let him go him after he kept saying he didn't do it.

If I was the one that got betrayed like this, I won't even stand in shock, a few punches and kicks will instantly make the guy take back his accusations. Most of the time, without violence, there will be no peace, if the innocent guy had served some serious judgement to the person accusing him, he would have prevented the hot beating he got that day. While being peaceful is good, it would be best to show some action sometimes or the lesson might be learnt the hard way.