The four-part fictional Netflix series “Adolescence” tells the story of a schoolboy named Jamie accused of murdering a female classmate. The misogyny and toxic masculinity he discovered in online communities fuel his radicalization toward violence.

The left and the right pointed fingers at each other as a way to explain the violence. Throw in a frayed mental health system and the wide accessibility to guns, and it’s not hard to see how our country can produce so much violence.

But what if another factor, a specific online culture, helps explain the assassin who gunned down conservative activist Charlie Kirk — a culture, cultivated on social networks and messaging platforms, where killing seems performative and where human life has no intrinsic value?

Destructive impulse

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