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“Give me a child until the age of seven, and I will show you the man” isn’t just a quote we repeat, it’s a blueprint that empires and abusers have used for centuries. We follow that thread from the inside of a child’s nervous system all the way out to culture, institutions, and war, because the earliest stories don’t stay small. They become policies, relationships, and repeating family patterns that feel “normal” until we finally name what they are.

I’m Claudie Carucci, a clinical psychotherapist, and I’m looking at why children are such a predictable target in domination systems: kids are wired for attachment, trust, and survival, which makes them capable of deep love and also vulnerable to manipulation, secrecy, and abuse. When harm happens early, it can rewrite how we see protection, power, and our own worth. That’s not just personal psychology; it’s the seedbed of generational trauma, chronic anxiety, and the quiet “war vibe” that shows up in homes and then scales into nations.

We also tackle vengeance head-on: a real human feeling that turns destructive when pain has nowhere to go. Treaties can end battles, but they don’t heal wounds, and ungrieved wounds look for symbols to punish. From there, we pivot into alternatives that don’t deny human competitiveness, but refine it, drawing on the ancient Olympic sacred truce and the idea of competition with integrity where rules are honored, losing has dignity, and children inherit pride instead of hatred.

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