Mass Shootings and the Culture of Violence in the U.S.

Among Democrats, the general response to mass violence in the U.S. is to call for more gun regulations and criticize the NRA, gun lobbies, and the weapons industry. Violence proliferates in a society when justice is corrupted and power works to produce mass forms of historical and social amnesia. The irony here is that the current White supremacist Republican Party now claims it is the party dedicated to protecting children. In an age of fascist politics, mass violence has become normalized and is nourished by a culture of conspiracy theories, moral indifference, corrupt politicians, a social media. Rather than being alarmed by violence, the Republican Party has created the conditions that suggest it wishes for even more.