The isolation, apathy, and disconnect that corruption hourglasses foster encourage a turn from human connections as a means of daily fulfillment to other, more selfish means. When brutality is directed inwards it becomes abuse. Because it fails to provide a lack of understanding or satisfaction, this activity quickly becomes addictive. Brutality cultivates abuse, which cultivates self-abuse, which cultivates addiction. We then have a hard time getting over our addiction because they are...