Remember when there was a bully in the area, or a bunch of boys who were always getting involved in some situations. They complained about them, asked parents and the public to influence them. The police, the school, and the administration tried to take action. Everyone knew who to expect a threat from. If something bad happened, they were the first to be suspected. Antisocial behavior, children from disadvantaged families. With them, they say, everything is clear. Today we see that exactly the opposite is happening. Those who caused harm at school and to their classmates, as we see from the stories, are loners. There is no group of friends behind them. More often, this is an outcast child, a loner, a loser. And now we see his face on the screens. They have received support, but it is not the same group of boys as before. And this is an online community of the same bitter, dissatisfied people. And this phenomenon is fueled by hatred, permissiveness, and radical views of the participants. The deteriorating mental health of young people also plays a role. This is unconditional. And we are no longer talking about simple hooliganism, as before. And about a well-organized and thoughtful plan of attack and clear actions. And this is done, most often, by teenagers and people who are lonely and poorly integrated into modern life. Back in 1897, the French sociologist Emile Durkheim noticed an increase in the number of suicides. And he began to study statistics. It turned out that men are more prone to suicide than women. Married men were less likely to commit suicide than unmarried men, by the way. There were also lower levels among Catholics. He noted that a greater number were among young people who did not get along well with other people, did not feel good, and doubted the value of their existence in general. Durkheim called this form of suicide “abnormal” (others - “egoistic”, “altruistic” and “fatalistic”) Durkheim believed that this happens with particular force at moments when society experiences social, political or economic upheavals, especially if such upheavals lead to serious changes in our lives. Similar ideas arose later. In Erich Fromm's book we see the phrase that “in the 19th century the problem was that God is dead. In the 20th century, the problem is that man is dead.” He wrote that the 20th century was a period of “schizoid self-alienation.” And he warned that people “will destroy their world and themselves because they can no longer endure the boredom of a meaningless life.” Shared values ​​and meanings are losing their appeal for new generations. And the emptiness that forms does not give a feeling of freedom and transformation, but rather a lack of roots and a feeling of despair. Catherine Newman, in America, conducted more than 100 interviews and this is what she found out. The teenage shooters tried to demonstrate their strength and superiority in this way. And they believed that in this way they could attract attention and gain authority and respect among their peers. Canadian science fiction writer Donald Kingsbury in his novel “Rite of Courtship” writes: “Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems. Throw away the solution and you bring back the problem." We no longer believe in God. And we consider masculinity as something outdated. But this is precisely what restrained male aggression. And we did not take into account that we did not find a replacement for those old norms and habits. And we reap the benefits. At the same time, a person is programmed to believe in something greater than ourselves. We see the growth of “occult cultures” and esotericism. The dawn of all kinds of “gurus” who teach how to live correctly. The older generation looks at today’s world and is surprised that with the current abundance and the absence of serious problems (hunger, lack of goods, poverty) we manage to be even more unhappy than they are. For real feelings, for empathy to arise, you need eye contact, which cannot be achieved through online communication. When people meet and communicate physically, the likelihood that that person will evoke negative feelings in the other person is reduced. But online.