Too late.
Is your assertion that "planned aggression" is a prerequisite to all sentient life, then? I suppose your theory makes a bit of sense, as almost every species we've seen (can't think of any exceptions right now) basically try to hoard as many resources as they physically can, whether it's food, land, females, etc and the easiest/default way to do this is through force. Interesting.
With dolphins, as intelligent as they be, we may not LIVE in their ecosystem but we certainly dominate it. Apply your "band of monkeys/guerilla attacks" analogy to dolphins and fishing boats and you get the same outcome: quelching.
Although, easy to say that now, but as humans would we really want to eradicate behavior like that? Kind of interesting to think about, our track record is usually: Kill any animal that harms humans, but maybe we should really be studying them, try to understand why they're doing it (thinking of Speaker for the Dead right now).
Your theory over battling for resources applies to AI/GE too. Eventually they'd see themselves as superior and rationalize we're taking up valuable resources as a fellow sentient species and rebel as well.
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