You are afraid to lose, you don't react, you are afraid of the horror of something which can be brutal killings and such... You are prepared to a victim I can said from here!
So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one__ chances of being a victim of violence fivefold.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
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