Maybe 25% of the people you meet these days are unstable. And in certain places that number goes up, way up. So consider the strategy of “winning by losing”.
By that, I mean win your main objective by losing something small. For example, in a stupid street confrontation back away. Control your ego. Let it go. You’ve met your main objective, staying safe. You’ve lost something small, “teaching the bad guy a lesson”. Which is not your job anyway.
(I did not come up with this idea. I got it from a karate guy I’d occasionally practice with, back in the day.)
And certain races, nationalities, sexual orientation...etc. Are we seeing a pattern here?
aka common sense