[thaway2839]

> Relentless pressure to conform and be a "team player" + massive levels of doublethink and hypocrisy + lack of parental guidance and care even in two-parent households because everyone has to work and has no time and energy for raising children.

And why does that only lead to more mass shooting events? Why doesn't it lead to all sorts of other violent crime that went down significantly over this period? Why would overall violent crime drop drastically over this period of time?

Attention seeking may be an answer, because it would explain why it leads to all these mental pressure increasing the number of media covered mass shootings, even if overall crime was going down. But the mental illness aspect simply doesn't fit. We should be seeing an increase in overall violence if so many 18 year olds were mentally unwell.

[t-3]

I wouldn't say there's necessarily any aspect of mental illness, just a lot of stress on kids. Breaking under pressure and lashing out against society isn't a mental disease, just teenage angst and nihilism.

Attention-seeking probably is symptomatic of mental illness though.