Yes - it is everywhere. I just used the US as an example, but it is spreading globally. In Australia, groups of kids are having brawls with machetes - what kind of world is this? They are behaving like they have grown up in a dystopian jungle, not a place with schools and hospitals and parklands.
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It's the drug gangs that are getting the kids to attack people with machetes. I really think a more progressive approach to both drug addiction and drug legality would probably solve this problem.
There is also a racial element to it it seems, so it isn't just drug crime or use related. Society is crumbling at fundamental levels, which means that more and more kids (and everyone) is becoming less socially responsible.
I don't truly know if the problem is that people are becoming less socially responsible, or if people are being more desperate. I'd like to believe that people wouldn't choose a life of crime if they'd be able to meet all their needs legally - and so solving problems like the cost of living crisis/housing, etc would see a reduction in these attacks.
In reference to my other comment, I don't think introducing assault weapons into the mix would help here, haha.
Fair point, but what if the hurdle to "being desperate" is lower now due to changes in the ways people manage themselves? I wonder if there were many mass casualty events in the US during the depression in the 30s. There weren't any school shootings like today until in the 60s.
It looks like there were... but obviously dramatically reduced in number. The US probably has this many in a fortnight now... so it's hard to say how much desperation or social responsibility play into this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States
I do think the school shootings in the US is from socially maladjusted young men (with likely mental health issues) getting access to assault weapons... whereas the machete attacks in Australia is more likely motivated by gang activity (drugs, money, etc) which are less likely to exist without people feeling desperate.
Metal detectors are at the entrance hall of many high schools in the USA, just that is a clear sign where the world is going, and the speed of "shit" spread with all the digital networks and now AI will definately not help...
I think it's a start on protecting our children. Schools need to become safe zones with Police protection. So do churches. We must start protecting people in churches and schools while we work our way through this violence. The slaughter of the innocents must be slowed down, until we can find solutions.
It will happen in Europe too soon enough.