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"i know it’s a matter of degrees and subtlety, but in many cases it’s not “neo-liberalism” or even “capitalism”, but a maladapted and (self)marginalized individual’s dysfunctional dynamic with their society or community."

do you think that individual's maladaptation and marginalization is unrelated to capitalism and modern human mass society? i think they are inseparable.

no doubt there are/would be/have been individuals in any population (human and otherwise) that are somehow wired differently, and might exhibit those kinds of destructive (to themselves and others) behaviors. but it is my strong suspicion that the mas society humans have created makes it very easy for individuals to develop "anti-social" (?) desires and behaviors that somehow give them a means to fight against whatever it is they see as their enemies. of course i feel that way myself, and some of my behaviors would be considered "anti-social" and not at all in line with the dominant ideological paradigms.

for me, choosing to live autonomously outside those paradigms as much as possible is a very different thing from choosing to mow down scores of individuals i don't even know personally with that bump-stock equipped ar-15 (whatever the fuck). but i don't really have a judgement about people that choose the latter. i wish they weren't pushed to that point by whatever they see in their world. but i understand that everyone is unique, with their own unique history and makeup, and how they respond to the horrors of this world is not something i can judge. i'd rather see a different "world" than to wish away all who don't act in some acceptable way in response to it.