Lex Anteinternet: Peculiarized violence and American society. Looki...: Because of the horrific senseless tragedy in Newton Connecticut, every pundit and commentator in the US is writing on the topic of what cau...And now we have Las Vegas.
Of the killer's brother, the following was noted.
No religious affiliation. No political affiliation. He just hung out,Well. . . exactly.
I've been working on a post for some time using the German phrase "mehr Mensch sein" as its' title. Long enough, in fact, that I've now used that phrase as one of the categories for several other posts here, for reasons that may be more plain when I finally get it done. Anyhow, I'll post more on what we've just witnessed and my views on why we're seeing these things, and in a post that looks at us, rather than implements.
For the time being, however, the root problem we're seeing can't be found in things, but in a culture that's really gone superficial and which is, at its core, not very human. Coming back from that, in an era when so many people would take us further in that direction, including those who claim to advance progress, is a daunting task.
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