No, We Do Hit the Kids Enough...Too Much In Fact

"They wouldn't act like that if the parents gave em a smack!", dribbles from the mouths of your typical know it all back seat parent and or child abuser when in the presence of children who may be unruly.  You're right sicko, they wouldn't act like children if you smacked them, they would act like the victim of abuse; introverted, angry, confused, and seeking an unhealthy outlet for the rage they now feel because of your "parenting" style.  Violence engrained in the most delicate portion of our species is violence perpetuated by posterity unto the next generation. 
     I don't understand why a good majority of people I meet are under the impression that kids don't get hit anymore, when all those people and the people before them and so on where all struck as children themselves.  When looking at the dysfunctional cluster fuck that is the human race, I can't help but wonder if that is the one giant variable we overlook when questioning why the human condition hasn't really changed for the better.  Most of our major hang ups stem from violence, which comes in many forms.  The basis for this behavior is learned very early, when the mind is at its most malleable; If something is not as it should be, you may force it so by violent action.  A very simple example, if a kid is throwing a tantrum, slap them one in the mouth.  Then we wonder why these homunculus bar bros are pounding each other's faces in over an elbow nudge or a dirty look.  But it goes way deeper than that.  You have something I want, therefore I'll take it by force (violence is not always a physical act).  For example, a state covets the land and resources of another, so they take those by force.  Now Alex, that's a bit hyperbolic don't ya think?  Are you saying imperialism comes from giving Jr. a wrap on the ass when he won't shut up?  Common man!  I don't think so, no.  By hitting our children we are teaching them, "I want something, I get it, swiftly and without empathy."  "Yeah but I'm the parent, my child must learn respect, otherwise they'll become a bad person."  Maybe, but don't you think in order to teach respect we are better off showing children what it is, rather than exactly what it is not?  I'm not saying there should be no consequences for bad behavior, of course we should teach our children to be well mannered, but it seems very counter productive to show them that solving an issue through violence (even if that violence is verbal or psychological).  If a co-worker of mine is acting a fool at work, even if that co-worker is a subordinate, I can't hit them!  I'd go to jail possibly (depending on who it is I assault).  So why would you teach that method of problem solving to a child?  Now I understand that most states have tougher laws as it pertains to hitting children theses days (mostly fine as long as you don't leave a mark), but it's not the physical outcome of said violence that is the real damaging factor, it's the psychological one.