Violence is used as a means of control. It is a form of power.
But, it is ineffective in the long-run (which might be why it is used so much in the short-run) because it incites hatred and is smaller than love. Both hatred and love will overcome the perpetrator of violence — either with more violence or with something far more powerful. In the end, true peace (brought about by love) is more powerful than war — at both micro and macro levels.
