By Thomas Krannawitter | tkrannawitter.substack.com
Less than a week ago, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, a 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisc., named Natalie Rupnow, opened fire during study hall. Using what appears to be a 9mm pistol, the girl — who reportedly preferred to be called Samantha — attempted to murder as many people as possible.
She succeeded in killing a teacher, a fellow student and herself, while wounding several others, some critically.
This Substack is not a news outlet. I will not attempt to provide up-to-the-minute developments in this tragic case — that information is readily available elsewhere. Instead, I want to step back and examine the larger cultural and philosophical framework in which such heinous acts increasingly occur: our postmodern culture of nihilism, which, I have argued repeatedly, is the greatest mental health crisis of our time and is closely connected to the increasing frequency of random mass murders.
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