Society & Culture
What is it that motivates these school shooters to yield themselves to such darkness? Could it be that many of us have been blinded by polarizing rhetoric on guns and have ignored the very root of the problem? It’s hard to pinpoint one thing but psychologists argue that a prevalent motive is the passionate desire for recognition and respect. A yearning to be significant. Have you ever wanted to mean more? This is why solely demonizing the shooters without examining the whole structure of society tends to be problematic. Malcolm Gladwell. What are the things we extoll, who are the people we consider great? What are our movies and song lyrics about, these things are the fabric of what the upcoming generation will consider as significance?.