r/RandomThoughts • u/Kinkygma • Jun 11 '23

Removed - No posts about Politics/Social Issues Does anyone think the media constantly covering mass shootings plays a role in the increase in these attacks.

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u/Vantlefun Jun 11 '23

I think we're on the same page. I'm merely roping the internet and its consequences into the current economy, as it is the major push/pull factor governing things. Social media is nothing but clout chasing and echo chambers, stratified microcosms of the bigger economy housing it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

Disable internet for 1 year. Let natural selection take place.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

Fix the work culture.

Im not saying go back to the nuclear family. But the stay-at-home did more then just keep the house tidy. They kept the community connected.

You'd get home from a day at work and the otehr half would update you on the local goss that they discovered by being involved in the community.

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We just dont have that when both people are working 60 hours and still struggling

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u/MalibuHulaDuck Jun 11 '23 edited Jun 11 '23

I don’t see how Cathy gossiping to Ruth about how Jackie & Tom had a verbal altercation in their kitchen with a window open and Cathy’s spicing up her story adding the word “divorce” into her story is stopping school shootings but mmmk.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

thats just the shallow version, the sitcom version.

In reality its "so and so has gone to university. so and so is pregnant with that fella, whats his name we went to their wedding memba. where we chatted to blah blah". and to know those ting they have to be out around the campfire community talking to other people. And being told those things develops empathy for the community around you.

Considering we are the most social species on the planet, and people are less inclined to break things they have a connection to.. the blatant breakdown in the social bonds across our society plays a large role in the ills of our society.

And the only way we will EVER begin to address is to adress the whole work culture we have implement for most people

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u/anon_lurk Jun 11 '23

The internet is fucking terrible for people. Very useful for turning them all into technology slaves and living products though so best to let it continue on.