The “solution” to rape and murder is to have a state strong enough to monopolize violence and eliminate offenders. The “solution” to wars for land is to have a

The “solution” to rape and murder is to have a state strong enough to monopolize violence and eliminate offenders. The “solution” to wars for land is to have an empire effectively own all the land such that any attempt of conquest is a local conflict that will be pacified by the empire. Genocide is more complicated as it can often be in the interest of the state. The fact that we haven’t engaged in genocide in 75 years is indeed curious. Still, I question your theme of moral progress. History would suggest that it will go the other way as the empire inevitably starts to weaken.