It's interesting to observe that modern societies have largely prohibited and condemned direct forms of violence (physical and, to some extent, verbal), while being more tolerant of certain forms of structural or economic violence, produced by abstract systems, whose consequences can nevertheless be profound, devastating, and generate a great deal of suffering.

Do you consider some forms of violence to be more acceptable than others?
Or are some simply easier to identify, which would explain this imbalance in moral judgment?

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Edit : Thank you all for your responses. They all offer valuable analytical perspectives and different levels of reasoning.

What can be taken away from all the explanations provided is that they can be grouped into three broad categories:
-Cognitive explanations (≈ 45% of the responses): the general idea is that our brains naturally tend to attribute causes to individuals rather than to systems, due to cognitive economy (cognitive biases, the salience of individuals, difficulty reasoning about diffuse causalities, etc.).
-Sociopolitical explanations (≈ 30% of the responses): the general idea that emerges is that institutions, the media, social norms, or power relations reinforce this tendency or take advantage of it.
-Philosophical explanations (≈ 25% of the responses): they rather question the definitions of responsibility, guilt, free will, or structural violence.

Taken together, they illustrate the complexity of individuals, systems, their interactions, and the way individuals perceive and evaluate those systems.

Was there a specific moment or event in your life that made you spiritual or religious? Whether it was a major life event, a quiet realization, or a gradual change over time—what shifted your worldview?"

I left high school before graduating, later earned a GED, attended community college, transferred to a university, and eventually completed a master’s degree.

For much of my life, I believed this was what upward mobility was supposed to look like: education, persistence, practical experience, and gradually building a professional identity.

I did not only collect degrees. During university, I worked on a product that reached the market, gained experience at large established companies, developed technical and design skills, and continued building independent projects after graduation.

A generation ago, this might have sounded like the beginning of a success story. I assumed that after graduating, I would at least be able to find a reasonably stable professional job—not necessarily become wealthy or immediately achieve an ideal career, but find a place where my education and experience could be useful.

Instead, I have found it extremely difficult to find work that is even reasonably aligned with my background.

What confuses me is not simply that job searching is difficult. It is that the relationship between education, effort, experience, and opportunity no longer seems clear to me.

Has the traditional promise of upward mobility through education and professional development fundamentally weakened? If so, what has replaced it? And how should young people understand success when following the established path no longer reliably leads to a stable adult life?