tamc91 said:
I think the pandemic response is likely a huge part of it. Many kids were disconnected for most of 2 years, and lack direction and purpose. Many likely got into nihilistic echo chambers on social media, and didn't do well at all with school or dropped out. Many probably feel left behind so they're going to take out their anger and try to go out in a blaze of infamy to prove their somebody. Sad times...
Rabbit hole:
Nations analyzed the social activities and online activities of school shooter types.
Nations create honey pots designed to lure or incentivize these profiled types of children/young adults.
Reddit/etc nation-state actors continue to target those who have the "right stuff" during the pandemic, sending them down depressing rabbit holes, encouraging incremental "bad" behavior and shame and other emotions designed to get them to a point of action.
Profit???
I dotn see how with all the surveillance out there on the internet we don't have an extremely narrow profile and process that will push a child into a school shooter relatively quickly. Adults too, tho adults are usually less malleable (brain plasticity and such).
Edit:
Has anyone ever seen a publication describing the online activities prior to the event? How do we not know what these guys were listening to, reading, watching, engaging with, "liking", "ratio'ing", etc?
Is there a commonality in the preconditions or am I just a nonsensical conspiracy theorist looking for a boogyman?