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I don't think anyone would say that. But many young people were quite recently thrown into a situation where they're feeling like even after they did everything
by hbn 4y ago
I don't think anyone would say that. But many young people were quite recently thrown into a situation where they're feeling like even after they did everything right like they were told to - graduated, went to college, got a degree - they're hopeless slaves to student loan debt for the rest of their lives and have no hope of ever owning a home, being able to afford to raise a child, retire at a reasonable age, or live as worry-free as the past few generations.
Meanwhile majority of the mainstream political discourse is banal, pointless arguments over stuff that doesn't matter. So obviously nothing is going to change.
I wouldn't be surprised if that contributed to people losing their minds and shooting up parades.
- chitowneats 4y agoWow. The mental gymnastics required to contort oneself into the position that student loan debt is more a primary driver of mass shootings in America than access to weapons. People all over the world subsist on a few dollars a week. And you expect me to whip out the world's smallest violin for little Johnny who murdered 6 people and wounded 20 others because he had to take out a loan for college?
- jaywalk 4y agoAccess to weapons in the US is tighter than it ever has been. This stuff wasn't happening in the 50s-70s when mail-order catalogs sold rifles with zero background checks, and kids routinely brought them to school.
- hbn 4y agoWe're discussing why shootings are on the rise in America. The fact that they have guns has remained constant. Stop your bad faith arguing.
- chitowneats 4y agoThey are a precondition for what is happening. I'm not arguing it's a 1:1 ratio of guns to mass shootings. I'm also not arguing in bad faith. I could accuse you of communicating in bad faith for not mentioning any of the other countries on Earth. But I believe that would be counterproductive.