To keep things in perspective, shit like this probably hits so close to home for us because we feel like it could happen to us... it's a rare instance of serious large-scale random violence making its way to Western shores. But globally, there is less violence and violent death compared to the size of the population than ever before in human history. The world is not falling apart, it's getting better.
even compared to traditional war, hunger, sickness... terrorism does not really kill that many people. In fact, terrorism is way down this year except in Western countries.
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