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Moral outrage feels powerful.
It feels necessary.
And it often feels like action.

But feeling justified is not the same as reducing violence.

In this video, I examine why moral outrage, despite being emotionally real and often justified, rarely leads to a reduction in violence. Drawing on psychology, social dynamics, and state behavior, I explore how outrage functions as emotional discharge, how it hardens identities, and how it can escalate conflict rather than contain it.

I discuss the difference between emotional relief and structural change, why outrage lowers the psychological cost of violence, and how moral certainty can replace legitimacy with pressure. I also connect moral outrage to weak institutions, declining trust, and the shift from authority to spectacle.

This is not an argument against caring about injustice.
It is an attempt to understand the limits of outrage as a tool for controlling violence.