Every time has its own burden to bear, rules, morality may be shifting, but there are both positive and negative aspects that are hard to compare, or even understand from each point of view. How would a Viking look at our modern warfare? He would maybe see us as the worst most frightened sort ever, people who kill others in thousands just because some leader they don't even have meet tell them to do so. Leaders who don't say, come follow me, instead just go there!
It doesn't take much for any human being to fall back in anarchy, cannibalism, rape and murder, but I think regardless of how the masses react or behave, it's the one that keep their mind in control that are the survivors in the long run. In Sweden we have almost nothing left of aggressive behavior towards each other, it have been washed out. ; )
