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He said the killing wasn’t done out of hatred for his father, but to force the U.S. government to meet his demands — including the resignation of federal workers and the erasure of public debt.
I'm gonna say this lad isn't mentally well. But im sure being fed all that MAGA shit didn't help
Who... Who was he expecting the ransom from? Is the US government supposed to just wipe out its own debt? NVM what a wacko
I guess the govt could just default on the debt, which would cause a tiny teeny bit of economic problems globally. Nothing big deal, of course. cough
Wouldn't be surprised if this guy's brain is full of lead
Fetal alcohol syndrome, if you read about it there are specific facial features that are pretty telling. I'm no expert but I'd make a bet.
What an actual psychopath.
It's truly harrowing there's people out there that would brutally dismember their family because they dared show compassion to other humans
Fucking hell America
He's not a psychopath; he's psychotic. Those are very, very different.
Psychopathy and sociopathy are functionally identical; they're personality disorders where a person largely lacks the capacity for empathy, and hence remorse. Being psychotic means that you're experiencing delusions; you may be hearing voices, or having uncontrollable impulses to do things that would be out of character. His behavior, based on what he's saying, is entirely delusional; he doesn't even have internally consistent logic in his actions.
Violent rhetoric definitely influences the mentally ill.
Eat the rich.
Belief without proof has killed more people than anything throuought all of earth's history.
that is the conservative way, they are most likely to fall for any scams in general.
That's a roundabout name for ignorance.
Ignorance is the lack of knowledge or information.
What OP was referring to would be delusion.
They have knowledge and information but choose to believe something else.
I think they were subtly referring to religion but same same.
"Belief without proof" is the literal definition of faith, but it goes hand in hand with ignorance.
"Belief without proof" is what we are all forced to do in life where proof is rarely available, and yet we must still make decisions, and we must manage our doubt and the strain of responsibility. If you think you're immune, you don't understand the first thing about your own mind.
I make decisions on my past experiences and then adjust if things change. If people are just doing things without proof, then we just found the problem now, didn't we?
There is so much proof for so many things, there is an abundance of empirical proof across the board. This is a shit take.
But proof is always available if you know where to look, and that comes from education. The more educated you are, the less faith you have, and the more confidence you gain from our collective empirical experience. Nobody's claiming anything else here. I know the mind is flawed.
Yes, they're the same.
The best people.
I mean it sure sends a message. Not the one he wanted to send but a message anyway
Wow. The right goes to extremes to prevent democrats from voting.
So do the Dems to prevent people from voting for left-wing people.
So is this another instance of this happening, or a story about the same thing that happened a few years back
Yeah, this happened in January of 2024. It sounds like the case is finally in court
The article is from 3 weeks ago.
Smooth philtrum
Thin upper lip
Small eye openings
Small head
Perfectly smooth brain
Momma was a drinker.
Wow
I love when an article describing the most batshit stuff ends with "and the judge decided he was competent to stand trial."
This is old
2 weeks old, but still
The murder is older than that though Like last year
LOL