Since I've had a kid of my own I'm quickly come to realize that a lot of the "adults" I encounter literally just never learned how some basic lessons on how to act in a group. It's become painfully obvious spending all day with a toddler and then seeing literally the same behavior in adults.
Like, my toddler has a lot of the same level of emotional skills as adults but just expresses them in a more extreme way.
Like, an 8 year old that wines and has a tantrum like a toddler is going to quickly learn that no other kids want to be around them. Did we lose this socializing part of growing up at some point? Do those kids just have other forms of socializing online so they never learn how to act in a real life group?
I'm sure this is true for any generation to a degree. But, I can't help but think Ipad childhoods have created a generation of adults that never had to learn simple traits like sharing or working in a group. Instead of feeling bored and isolated for their bad behavior in a group. They have constant access to a stimulant while isolated.
A lot of these "adults" find their social connections through other "adults" that also just act shitty to other people. There only way of finding community is finding others that are also garbage hateful people.
I really think we need "reeducation camps" for these adults. Like, I don't know what else to do with people like the ones in the article. These aren't people that can function in a healthy society. The issue is that they are functioning perfectly well from their perspective. And I think that is really a testament to how incredibly sick and broken our society is.