Youth and war, a deadly duo

Christopher Caldwell writes about an interesting theory here. Basically, wherever the population of youths under about the age of 20 is proportionally larger than other age groups in a region, there is going to be violence. If the youths are predominately under the age of 15, there will be indiscriminate violence. While this might seem a bit disturbing and perhaps a reach, there is some positive to this notion. Theoretically, once the bulges of youth pass(they grow up) then the widespread violence may settle down as well. I don't know how much stock I put in this, but it is a fascinating idea. Thoughts?

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