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Sebastian Junger on Tribe

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The Lonely Man With a Gun

I wrote an essay about rampage killing and shooting sprays that seem to be on the rise in America. I'd love it if we didn't cover these tragedies and didn't name the names of the people who did these things. That's not going to happen in a free society. So I think we've got to think about why these happen and what needs to change it. Or just accept it, because he thinks it's part and parcel of our freedom that we allow people to live by themselves. We let people live on the street. It's also a very, not so good thing that we let people be on their own and miserable lonely.

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