Not a libertarian bleeding heart for Charles Manson but considering the facts; a very smart person with no support, NONE - he did ok. He'd have made a better president than Trump - I think, despite how resentful he was - he could have done better but societies fucked up. He knew, he hadn't a chance, the poor pet, he went out guns blazing - which is what happens when potential gets thwarted by a restricted and ignorant society.
I understand people think violence and crazy is the low statistic, that should be swept under the carpet but it's lumped under one conceptual judgement; personally, I would prefer to have warriors fighting for whats just; than a thwarted governmental army of trained unquestioning, conformists that obey elitists. Thats just me, eh.
...and he didnt kill anyone. It was unfortunate that he didnt get Polanski - but he was a thwarted soul ( a female hating, black hating despicable character), because he had no love, care or guidance, from a mother or father; and therfore none in himself; obviously - he played to survive as a being with no trust in anyone or anything ( I can understand vestiges of this, but luckily, I have wisdom from people who loved me who taught me pro-social skills; he didnt have this). Plenty of bi-polar's, narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths ( not conflating conditions but elucidating how anything non-conformist is highlighted and herded, as 'mental health condition' (generalised, conceptual neon-lights; despite the difference in spectrum; despite the nuance - there is no respect for persons, over their condition - everything outside conformist bounds is equally, judged as deviant - which is bullshit!)- they dont make headlines/profits. He had no help - the only attention he got was a hungry media - the dying light of some reach for validation in the worst of places ( when mental-health care is absent- what else can be expected - granted it was aeons ago but every school shooting/mass shooting appeared to have some egocentric manifesto - stated, or implied was a lack of support for normalcy - people were neglected; the basic requirements/need for dignity and self respect, was not given to those people - and they acted out)
- the media; even psychopaths can be pro-social - society is the disease that molds humans into feeding financial networks. It's Frankenstein's monster - glad we came out of tv but now, into social media -rebelliousness to conformists - the psychopathology just becomes more camouflaged. Nothing changes, in essence.
Some people are full of shit with their victim-hood others have gone through nightmares that no one can comprehend/endure in their worst nightmares. ( Whether you imagine it, or been through it, the nervous system will engage - meaning those who sense pain and those in-pain are similar - they know pain and pain needs healing.)
God love him, he would nowadays be treated with developmental delay; emotionally; cognitively ( as in he exhibits emotional and physical displays like a wee kid of 2-4/5 looking for attention)and he would get support needed - it's heartbreaking to see someone, treated as a circus freak, who obviously had been neglected though out their lives, with no help. As bad a state the planet is in, am glad kids are getting better treatment. fuck.
We treat these/ourselves the same, because the ones who have gone through hell, need us and that/their all that matters - compassion should be given to all.
I can only imagine a world where a kid is smart as hell, has no support to guide them through school; let alone daily activities that involve self-care - they are lost; no guidance - this smart, kid goes out in the world to compete with kids who had a head-start with parents who te=rained and cosseted them to be the best and the most loved - how the fuck would you feel, if you had a brain in your head, dealing with this.
I'd feel pretty resentful. Im not extrovert or have CM's personality traits( maybe some
) but given the fact he was so primed from biology to be a leader, its only lucky, that he did what he did ( not disrespecting the damage he caused; or murders he was responsible for) but hell the media made a scapegoat out of an easy target and made a fortune out of the general public's ignorance - thing is the general public still lust a scapegoat, rather than look at the cause of poverty and pain; which is those fuckers who make a fortune from their ignorance; their focus on the media( the shiny). /damn :/. Nothing but humour can lift this toxic malaise.