The question foremost in my mind at the moment is what leads a tiny number of young men to insanely act upon psychopathic impulses?
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@aral maybe that's the excuse of the delusional? See also Breivik and every US school/mall shooting... Same acts under different "callings"? -
@ballantine70 Or is it the cause of the delusion? -
@aral possibly. Either way I feel we need to look at both Macro and micro levels. War on Terror seems exclusively Macro & possibly feeds it? -
@ballantine70 Indeed. And inequality in general. -
@aral yes, tho it's not necessarily the dispossessed who act these things out. As@rorysutherland points out, lots of kids with degrees. -
@ballantine70@rorysutherland I meant systemic inequality, on both a global and a local scale. -
@aral@rorysutherland yes, I agree. But just wanted to be clear that it's not then the poorest who act. People with some resources... -
@aral@rorysutherland ... take up arms with inequality as one of their battle cries. Does that makes sense? - 3 more replies
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