>>939728878
Thanks for understanding. I know how /b/ is, and people in general desperately want this to be a political left and right issue. But as usual, humans are complicated creatures and there's usually much more to it. It's the radicalization of political extremes being fed via social media at large, that is causing the issue.
A 13 year old boy, watching something like tiktok that continues to feed him ideology after ideology of a one-sided argument. The most extreme versions of it, too. Media that makes violence and murder so normalized that people joke about it. That young kid finds access to firearms. He's angry at the world, and he blames either the left or the right. He sees things aren't getting better, or at least believes things aren't, it makes no difference. His only real relationships are online strangers and AI algorithm that continues to feed into his extreme beliefs. It's no surprise that same boy eventually finds a target to take his hate out on and kills innocents.
It's a vicious cycle, and blaming one side or another isn't the appropriate response. Resorting to clumping millions of people into one label like "good" or "bad isn't either. I lean left, but I don't hate those who are on the right. They're Americans just like me, with ideas and opinions just like me.
I don't have the answers, and nobody here does. It's a cultural issue worsened by economic restraints. Lives have less meaning, the world has less appeal, things seem dire, and basic necessities continue to get more expensive. This all equates to younger adults who don't see a future, or a hope to be happy, for themselves. That's a bad combination.
Of course, not everyone becomes a mass murderer or assassin because of these combinations. It's just the current trend of familiarities I've noticed among young males specifically.
