Even though the United States
account for less than 5% of the world’s population, 31% of the total number of
mass killings worldwide between 1966 and 2012 occurred there.[1] I
contend that a rise in passive aggression and the related intolerance accounts
for much of the difference. In other words, it could be that Americans
generally are getting nastier and more angry at each other.
The full essay is at “Mass
Shootings in the U.S.”
