look at mexico, the solution to the cartel problem is presenting itself as we speak-- the vigilantes have taken up arms and are killing the cartel members in their homes and stealing the assets they stole from them, this is always the solution to this kind of aggression, massive armed uprising, from all directions. nobody is more afraid of dying than a cartel( or any organized crime) leader, its why they lash out with such vicious disregard for life. and few deserve death as much.
and that quote is exactly what modern society seeks to circumvent, seeks to temper with reason for all people rather than the few who have cheated and murdered enough to have lots of wealth( the only way to really be a wealthy land owner in ancient times was by brutally killing the guy who owned it before and raping all his women and enslaving his kids , stealing his lands.)
Its exactly why the USA is great, because I can be armed , and weapons make rules.
so to say the abused have to attack their abusers , and show them its not worth abusing them any more, but we see what can happen with that mentality in syria, its all very difficult
lets not forget that thucydides came from a warrior society where women and children were pretty much chattel, and slaves were made and taken from everyone they met--and the world was unspoiled and filled with wild places-- there is no space left, there is a world unlike any human in history has seen, I would like to know what the great historians of greece, rome and persia would say if they could see the world as it is now. In all the old writings see how they speak of nature, how unconquered it seems , there is no land left to find, there is no space unclaimed. and the population only grows , barring some termite hive mind technology , will probably be regressing soon to adjust the population.
