February 24, 2013 - If you want to track a civilization as it collapses, watch what happens to the concept of the rebel.
On a profound level, mass shootings and assassinations (whether staged or not) are used to define the ever-present lone assassin as the REPRESENTATION AND THE SYMBOL OF WHAT THE INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL IS.
Youre a separate and distinct individual? An outsider? Watch out. Overnight, you could turn into a raging killer.
You happen to know an outsider, a loner? Hes dangerous. He doesnt live by the rules the rest of us accept. Hes deranged. Stay away from him. Shun him. And if you see the slightest indication of (insert your own term here), report him to the authorities.
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