Maybe if he had just been able to get a satisfying job

[Bicoastal]

19. Yes, we're fucked up. But this massacre is not as simple as a class inequality or economy thing...

First of all, I don't buy for a second that Holmes couldn't get A job. He just couldn't get a GOOD job, with benefits or vacation time or anything like that. How do I know that? Because I'm a fairly recent graduate myself, and I know what the job market is like. And YES--I had to take terrible jobs for awhile, and hated every second of it.

Second of all, his parents weren't poor--they lived in a San Diego, and were financially secure enough to support him into Grad school. However damaged his ego was, he was never in danger of starving or living on the streets.

And third of all--we've had massacres like these in good economic times AND in bad--over the last 30 years. Meanwhile, Japan has gone through tough times too, and has a similar economy to ours. No massacres.

We're fucked up, but this problem goes beyond mere financial problems. The inner torment of troubled young men goes far deeper than that.