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ifukkedurbich t1_ixjoyy8 wrote

Okay is it just me or has there been a spike in shootings? They seem far more common than they used to be.

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fins4ever t1_ixkjb0g wrote

Yeah I have absolutely noticed this in Manchester. It's getting to where I might move

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fins4ever t1_ixlyhl3 wrote

Alienation is a massive problem, but it's not usually addressed much. Honestly I think that's in part because it's so hard to quantify let alone to fix. How do you fix a society where people are completely atomized, without the historical grounding institutions such as the church or increasingly the family. People have no sense of belonging and this leads to a lack of purpose, and people with no purpose often lash out at the society which deprives them of purpose. All the more so when even the material standard of wealth we were sold as a worthy trade off for purpose is beginning to collapse around us. People could bear it better when they could shop their anxiety away but now prices soar and wages stagnate. How can a society built on consumption endure when the material wealth of the populace maintaining this consumption falters?

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ifukkedurbich t1_ixphl00 wrote

Manchester is crazy lately. It used to be dangerous by New Hampshire standards. But now it's dangerous by national standards.

In one of the top 5 safest states in the country.

Nashua has gotten worse, too. Shootings used to not be very common here. Maybe a few every year. But now it seems like there's a few every month.

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