[quote=scaredyclassic]i am going to go out on a limb and claim that if my wife and I raised Elliot Rodger in our goofy homeschooled barefoot hippie 5 tshirts and a pair of jeans and no video games lifestyle and he grew up with me as his dad, , he would not have shot up Isla Vista. he might have other weird quirks, but he would not be this enraged. i think. …. if this sounds braggy, im sorry. but i don’t think I wouldve produced this particular mess…
he wouldve been up all night with his brothers constructing a plumbing system in the yard out of broken plstic watter bottles and straws, sleeping on the roof, reading books with their pa on the porch all day…i think i coulda raised him to be ok…i just dont believe there are bad seeds, i know there are damagesd seeds, but i just dont think he was that bad, that unsalvageable. it hink he was a tender, sensitive soul who lost his way and had no man to hold his hand …[/quote]
I don’t blame his parents, but I do agree that what you state above would probably be true as well that he wouldn’t have shot up people in a different environment…
I think in general, certain lifestyles / professions / etc can cause more drama, feelings of woe, etc…
Like if you are wealthy and know it and all your neighbors/friends are as well, it’s hard to go to the nice private school and not have what a basic classmate has such as cars/tvs/ipads/etc…you may even get made fun of and beat up affecting your mental state.
His dad was in the film/media industry and his mom worked as a nurse I think in that industry as well. Similar to rock stars and people in the media, I think a lot of people in that industry are peacocks (Myers-Briggs term is it?). For these people who are athletes, artists, etc…they need to have some strong desire to be prima-donnas and are overly dramatic with everything. Of course, not everyone will shoot themselves up with drugs/OD/get arrested for DUIs, etc…but my guess (no data) is that there is a larger percentage of people who are in that field (film/rock stars) who get caught up with that stuff..
He grew up seeing what all these top actors/actresses were like and gets to meet them and stuff and thinks this is normal…
Like if you worked/lived in Silicon Valley, they are living in their own income/life bubble as well compared to the normal person outside of the tech boom life.
In a way, having wealth, privilege is it’s own curse as some people would probably agree since when you know you don’t have to make anything of yourself, it’s tough to get motivated when you’re forever taken care of.
