This is a recent thought I’ve had. This pertains to both millennials and zoomers.
So to start, in the Middle East and Africa, we’ve seen the rise in terrorist groups since the 90’s. Why? One theory is that when you take a population’s sense of stability (no access to food, shelter, and a stable future) radical ideals are more accepted by said population. The population may not wholly agree with the ideals, but if a group comes in and offers food, shelter, and a future then a majority of that population will quickly accept the ideals if not just for access to food, shelter, and a future.
This can be seen when looking into the history of ISIS. They tend to recruit the most impoverished individuals offering them food, shelter, and a future.
Now we’re seeing it in the US. Older generations had the safety net given to them. They had cheaper education, cheaper housing, retirement funds, and guaranteed social security. However, millennials and zoomers do not have that, and we know we don’t have that. We know we have no future. What do ppl do when they think they have no future? They go balls to wall depressive or destructive. Now we’re also seeing the cost of shelter (housing) and food (hyper-inflation causing a loaf of bread going from $2 to $10 ). rising closer and closer to a point we can’t afford. What do ppl do when they have no food or shelter? Balls to the wall depressive, crazy, and/or destructive.
Using that line of thinking, it makes sense why mass shootings, psychopaths, sociopaths, radicalism, and acts of destruction are becoming more and more prevalent.
TL;DR
American society is creating the next ISIS by making food, shelter, and stable and secure futures unobtainable for Millenials and Zoomers.