This information is being reported at a couple of international sites, but (if accurate) it has apparently been blacked out in the U.S.
The bomber at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, has been identified as a 25-year-old man who left an online manifesto in which he described himself as a pro-mortalist, saying people didn’t give consent to exist.
The suspect is Guy Edward Bartkus, a 25-year-old man from Twentynine Palms, a small city about 35 miles northeast of Palm Springs. He left a 30-minute audio recording in which he explained his motive for the attack.
“I figured I would just make a recording explaining why I’ve decided to bomb an IVF building, or clinic,” he said at the beginning of the recording. “Basically, it just comes down to I’m angry that I exist and that, you know, nobody got my consent to bring me here.”
Describing himself as anti-life, he adds: “I’m very against [IVF], it’s extremely wrong. These are people who are having kids after they’ve sat there and thought about it. How much more stupid can it get?”
Because we live in a time in history that is like no other. In comparison to the past, we have access to foods and clothes that kings can only dream of. Prosperity is in abundance for many (relatively speaking to the past) and many are far detached from violence.
(Minus places like Gaza and many others across the world)
My guess is these conditions plus the breakdown in family and community bonds is what creates these characters who do things like this.
Your theory is that things are so good it contributed to someone bombing a fertility clinic our of nihilism?
I’ll agree that the “good old days” perspective is wrong, that people have always managed to make each other miserable. I’ll extend that further to say that “characters like this” also aren’t new. Crazy murderous guys are throughout history. This one making global news kind of shows how very particular and rare this brand of character is.
Ah yes, let me completely ignore what the person wrote and ignore the fact that they also mentioned that a break down in community and family bonds contributes to these issues.
How can I take you seriously when you straw man me like this?
I referenced both parts of your comment. First that things were good without any segue as to why you think this contributes.
Then to your assertion that we now have these and didn’t have then before due to lack of community, and I find that to be odd to say about a currently isolated incident that had nearly zero precedent.