WHY are people violent? What pushes us over the edge? Is it taught, is it biological, or both? There are a variety of factors and they all play a role, though they vary from person to person. These factors WHY are people violent? What pushes us over the edge? Is it taught, is it biological, or both?

There are a variety of factors and they all play a role, though they vary from person to person. These factors include;

1. Historical necessity and the fact that people had to be violent to survive during early periods of human history, such as to hunt for food
2. Environments that people grow up in
3. Biology, and the argument that impulses build up to make us lash out physically
4. Our “Fight or Flight” responses under dangerous situations
5. and Mental Illness