Prediction: in the next few years we will see a mass murder epidemic...

[Flabbergasted]

14. Lets look at it in a couple of different ways...

#1. Sociologically. Go back to columbine. I clearly remember the essentisl disbelief was that the target and perpetrator was not what should be expected. Middle class suburban kids are supposed to be be the very height of the American dream at large. I remember there was a feeling that this just doesn't or shouldn't happen here. Why?

#2. Kinetic energy. Ie supply. The supply, dramatization, sensationalism and meaninglessness of gun murders has increased. It is the "what the fuck is going on effect". But take it a step further. This is the you tube generation, ie the generation in which a simple stupid video can give you your 15 minutes.

#3. It is simply not true that mass murders have remained static. Mass murders are an increasing phenomenon not only in fatalities and wounded but their sensationalism and senselessness. At one time going "postal" was somehow understood. "Who hasn't felt so mistreated at work that they wanted to shoot their boss". But why shoot your teachers and classmates in an "idyllic" situation much less the fire department coming to put out the fire next door. See here:

#4. Materialism. Today everything is materialized. Everything is put into dollars and "sense". Little has any inherit meaning. It is easy to see things as victims vs perpetrator in this regard or just regard life as existentially void.

Multiply materialism by you tube by supply by meaninglessness and you have an hyperbolic, socially, devastating, phenomenon.