We like to say "we're better than this." But if we're still doing it, funding it, sending weapons, cheering it on, excusing it, we aren't.
I'm understanding something, now; that's why legendary Jesus said if you did it in your heart, you've done it. Rooting it out of action is hard; in thought, harder. In the shadow self (heart), maybe impossible, maybe not. But it's important to acknowledge it and face it head on, lest it consume us.
I'm beginning to recall something else now, I once read about, called hsin hsin ming. I need to understand that better.