why were boomers so violent and murderous?
lead in gasoline and paint
>>18125288Most people expected the world to end in nuclear annihilation at any moment, leading to a culture of nihilism, violence, drug abuse, and sexual promiscuity.
Super-soft sentencing practices.
>>18125288A lot of this graph was actually crack epidemic related and mostly confined to zainichi black people, actually
The Vietnam war took an emotional toll on people and boomers didn't have social media to be melodramatic retards on back then so they took their aggression to the streets
>>18125395so just like entire post-covid period yet we didn't experienced it yet
>>18125677The post-covid crime spike wasn't as severe because people just aired their grievances on the internet and turned their aggression into depression instead like a bunch of annoying losers. I've had pessimism fatigue since 2022 to be honest, Redditors aren't being bullied enough for their constant bitching and doomerism over basic ass shit and their failure at "adulting"
>>18125504Only somewhat. People who shouldn't have gotten parole sometimes got it, for sure. But sentencing in the other Anglo countries is generally more moderate today and seems to work alright, at least for serious offenses.
>>18125288Brain damage.
>>18125288Gen X wasn't that much better
the 60s-70s had so many fucked up people from broken homes who were taking to the road and looking for some kind of "family" to belong to
>>18125677no, covid isnt as deadly as a nuclear holocaust and covid only bothered shitlibs.
>>18129305This. Most people barely believed covid was real. Also that was the era of comple collapse of social safety nets
>>18125288https://youtu.be/rG_Ue3t17l0?t=48
way too many young people
