• Buglefingers@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      TBH I always wondered why people were shooting up malls and schools instead of the people who actually cause the societal conditions they’re upset with

      Edit: to be clear I’m not promoting this, it just never made sense to me

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        It’s called stochastic terrorism or stochastic violence. Essentially people are made increasingly angry and violence prone. Either the object of their anger is inaccessible or too diffuse to actually target.
        As a result, random acts of semi-targetted violence become increasingly common. If your objective is to create an atmosphere where people have a higher baseline level of fear, which can drive irrational reactionary behavior, it does wonders. It’s also great at increasing violent acts against people you dislike without explicitly calling for it.

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        3 months ago

        Billionnaires control the medias and social medias. They are purposely creating divides between the population to avoid being the target.