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Snyder: Society Is Unraveling
The thin veneer of civilization that we all depend upon on a daily basis is disappearing at a staggering pace. On Sunday, the young men that gathered to participate in the Madden Championship Series tournament in Jacksonville probably never imagined that they would be in any sort of danger, but then gunfire erupted around 1 PM. Approximately 20 rounds were fired before the shooter killed himself, and it is being reported that 11 gamers were injured and 2 were killed. One of the victims that was killed was Taylor ‘SpotMePlzzz’ Robertson. He was a good man with a wife and a very small son, and now his son won’t have a father for the rest of his life. There have been many other mass shootings in recent years, but this one was just so senseless. Personally, I have just been really shaken up all day. Why would anyone ever want to kill somebody over a video game?
According to authorities, it has been confirmed that the shooter was 24-year-old David Katz…
The shooting took place at a video game tournament for Madden NFL 19 at The Jacksonville Landing, a popular entertainment complex in the Florida city. The event was being held inside the complex at the GLHF Game Bar in Chicago Pizza. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Department confirmed that suspect identified as David Katz was dead at the scene, and they initially searched whether there were any other shooters before reporting that the suspect had acted alone. He reportedly took his own life.
Katz had traveled from Baltimore to Jacksonville to participate in the tournament, and he obviously planned this far ahead of time because he had his gun with him. And once he lost on Sunday, Katz apparently snapped and decided that it was time to start shooting.
A witness named Ryen Aleman that was using the bathroom when the shooting began said that he heard at least 20 shots…
“As I was going in the restroom, I stayed in there, and I just heard — there was just so many gunshots, at least 20 of them at the most”
Another witness caught a glimpse of the shooter and said that Katz was in “rampage mode”…
Braheem Johnson of Jacksonville was working at the pizzeria at the time of the shooting. He caught a glimpse of the shooter, whom he described as a young male of average build, firing into the crowd with a large-caliber handgun sporting a laser sight attachment.
“I just heard shots and I looked at the window and I see him,” Johnson said. “Dude came in there, basically like, to kill, basically. He was just in his rampage mode.”
Katz appears to have had a troubled background. He was a loner, and according to the Daily Mail his parents are divorced…
As a child, Katz had ‘significant health problems’, according to court records in his parents’ divorce.
At the time of the 2014 court filing, the shooter’s father worked for NASA, and his mother, who has a PhD in toxicology, worked for the US Food and Drug Administration.
It is not clear why Katz stopped shooting when he did. Perhaps he was almost out of ammunition. It could have been much worse, but without a doubt this is a tragedy that the gaming world will be dealing with for a very long time. Obviously the future of all esports events is now up in the air, and the Madden community has lost two of it’s brightest lights…
According to friends and family, the two men that Katz killed in the tournament were Taylor ‘SpotMePlzzz’ Robertson, 27, of Ballard, West Virginia and Eli ‘Trueboy’ Clayton, 22, of Woodland Hills, California.
Robertson was married and father to a young son, and had won 72 percent of his 18 prior matches in Madden NFL tournaments, according to EA Sports. Clayton was a rising star in the Madden community.
Taylor Robertson played Madden professionally because he wanted to make a better life for his wife and young son. He lived in an economically depressed area of the country, and so gaming was a way for him to rise above his circumstances. And he was really, really good. But now he is gone, and his wife and child are going to need our support and our prayers…
Robertson was born on November 26, 1990 and is from Ballard, West Virginia, according to his profile. His Twitter profile mentions that he is married and is a father. He often proudly posted pictures of his son on Twitter.
People who know Robertson said that he competed in the games because he wanted to support his family.
Now friends and fans are asking for people to keep Robertson’s family in their prayers.
There had been previous complaints about a lack of security at gaming tournaments, and it turns out that a day earlier there had been an unrelated argument at the Madden event which almost became violent…
Prior to Sunday’s mass shooting in Jacksonville, a number of professional gamers had complained about a lack of security at events, which were often crowded and chaotic. Just one day before the mass shooting, video showed an argument at the Madden event that nearly turned violent, with loud shouts and arguing.
In the future, there will need to be a much greater level of security at all tournaments of this nature. But of course the same thing could be said about our schools, churches, shopping malls and major sporting events. Our world has changed, and society is becoming more unstable with each passing day.
For now, we will mourn. Eric “Problem” Wright is generally considered to be the greatest Madden player of all time, and he beautifully expressed what so many of us are feeling right now…
“Crying and in so much pain. … ” wrote Eric “Problem” Wright, a popular Madden player and Twitch streamer, on Twitter referencing two of the players who were killed. “All over a videogame. Two of our brothers are gone man and its so disturbing. One of the most tragic days ive experienced. This community is like family. Broken.”
We have seen that mass shootings can happen literally anywhere. We have raised a valueless generation that has no moral foundation, and we have pumped them full of all sorts of pharmaceutical drugs that are messing with their heads. From now on we are going to need suffocating levels of security at all public events, and many people will decide to just stay home and not participate in public gatherings at all.
Our society is literally coming apart at the seams, and today is truly a very, very sad day for America.
This article originally appeared on The Economic Collapse Blog. About the author: Michael Snyder is a nationally syndicated writer, media personality and political activist. He is publisher of The Most Important News and the author of four books including The Beginning Of The End and Living A Life That Really Matters.
62 Comments on "Snyder: Society Is Unraveling"
Davy on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 8:51 am
“I cannot escape the impression that Trump is INTENTIONALLY blowing up the US empire and even the US itself. An entirely rational act from a white nationalist perspective.”
You cannot escape your rapid anti-American agenda wanting the end of the US. You breath it 24/7 as an intellectual sickness of an extremist. I have tired of fighting this rabid proselytizing and now just let the absurdity of these daily redundant and excessive rapid fire comments speak for themselves. It is nonsense to think Trump is intentionally bowing up the US. He is reacting to the extreme extension of globalism driven by comparative advantage of exploitation revolving around price and economic manipulation of peoples.
“clog – pretty good article from the atlantic, but it doesn’t at all address the “entirely rational act” of disassembling an empire. 1) the plight of the currencies of US adversaries is starting to look suspiciously coordinated – Venezuela, Iran, Brazil (if they back Lula)”
This is just more nonsense. The plight of all these currencies except maybe Iran is related to improper economic policy. Iran is years of improper political and economic policy. Yes, the US has been involved with destabilization of all these countries except maybe Brazil. We can say much blame goes to the FED with its polices post 08 (easing) and now during 18 (tightening). The EM currency regime is caught between a rock and a hard place by these polices. Yet, there are several examples of EM currencies doing well despite these fed polices. The reason for this is better long term economic policy.
“i have a feeling that with no state department (gutted) and no active leadership at the top (trump busy watching TV) the pentagon special ops divisions are basically free to do what they want and there are probably dozens of ongoing missions around the world – from drug running to regime destabilization to targeted assassination – going on that almost no one outside of immediate chain of command is aware of.”
Total exaggeration
Davy on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 8:57 am
“This Decoupling Has Never Been Greater”
https://tinyurl.com/y7os4byx
“The divergence between financial conditions in the U.S. and Asia ex-Japan has got to extreme levels, according to the Bloomberg data. As Bloomberg’s Ye Xie details, the tighter the conditions are, the harder it is for companies to raise capital, the higher the risk of a growth slowdown, which appears to be getting priced into US and Asia stocks. Conditions in the U.S. are about one standard deviation more accommodative than normal, while Asia is tighter by a similar amount. The euro-zone is about neutral. Bloomberg doesn’t have data for Latam, but it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume it’s a similar situation as in Asia, if not worse. This is another way of saying that global growth is becoming less synchronized. The question is, whether the U.S. pulls the EM up, or EM pulls it down. One way or the other, the current divergence won’t last long.”
GetAVasectomyAndLetTheHumanRaceDie on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 9:58 am
We Whites have to get our act together and save White inventions technologies. What make life pleasurable nd worth living, is While technologies and inventions. I don’t want to live in a World without dental care and heat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nse0Ch5_cKs
twocats on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 10:32 am
davy, so you’d agree that trump is dismantling the empire? that was the original question. he clearly is on a diplomatic / soft power level. if he’s also doing it on a hard power level, then he is doing it. if he’s not intentionally doing it, then someone is, right? or your argument is that he’s demented and doesn’t know what he’s doing? i didn’t know you believed trump is either a destructive moron or a shadow puppet. which is it, and why do you believe that?
thanks for any insight.
Davy on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 10:50 am
“davy, so you’d agree that trump is dismantling the empire? that was the original question.”
The so called “empire for the emotionally charged types” has been unraveling for years now. Acting like Trump is the active destroyer of something abstract as the idea of empire is not a great position except if you want to appeal to anti-American extremist or rabid anti-Trump people.
“he clearly is on a diplomatic / soft power level”.
I agree he is turning to nationalism which is destroying vestiges of globalism and US hegemony.
“i didn’t know you believed trump is either a destructive moron or a shadow puppet. which is it, and why do you believe that?”
Why are you putting words in my mouth? Where did I say any of that?
Cloggie on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 10:51 am
You cannot escape your rapid anti-American agenda wanting the end of the US. You breath it 24/7 as an intellectual sickness of an extremist.
There is nothing “extremist” about not wanting to become what the “Indians” became in North-America, after European invaders were finished with them.
The European population HATES with passion multicult and mass migration.
https://universonline.nl/2017/09/07/dutch-international-students-difficulty-finding-room
Both in America and Europe the deplorables do not really understand by what (((truck))) they are hit, but they know for sure that they ARE being hit and they begin to increase their decades old simmering revolt against the leftist 1968, US-oriented establishment.
The smarter folks understand very well what is happening and they want to escape from the cause of their immanent demise, and that would be your kosher-run empire.
And I don’t give a f* if red empire dave calls that “extremist” or “sick”, I just laugh you in your face.
We’re out of here.
Toodeledokie!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-finland-defense-russia/its-time-for-realism-in-eu-russia-ties-frances-macron-idUSKCN1LF0UP
If you are lucky, we continental Europeans return with an expedition force, 1776-style, if not, happy mongrelizing under the loving care of George Soros and Paul Krugman after DJT!
We have the Eurasian alternative, that vast collection of more or less mono-racial, stable societies, with this New Silk Road thingy, providing us with endless new markets for our high-end products.
Davy on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 10:56 am
“The European population HATES with passion multicult and mass migration.”
Wrong, plenty of liberal Europeans support multi-culturalism.
And I don’t give a f* if red empire dave calls that “extremist” or “sick”, I just laugh you in your face.
I don’t give a rat’s ass if you choose to call me names wounded Nazi.
“If you are lucky, we continental Europeans return with an expedition force, 1776-style, if not, happy mongrelizing under the loving care of George Soros and Paul Krugman after DJT!”
Now you are talking in PBM tongues as if some kind of divine intervention is at hand. LOOONIE
“We have the Eurasian alternative, that vast collection of more or less mono-racial, stable societies, with this New Silk Road thingy, providing us with endless new markets for our high-end products.”
Sure, keep dreaming as your world melts under your feet.
Cloggie on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 11:16 am
Now you are talking in PBM tongues as if some kind of divine intervention is at hand. LOOONIE
Never said that, you lying pos. There is only one scenario where a Eurasian military intervention is a distinct possibility, namely if exactly the same scenario materializes as in 1776:
https://documents1940.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/cw2-brewing/
But if you remain seated on your asses, and that is what you are good at, George Soros can have you for good and turn you into Brasilians.
Sure, keep dreaming as your world melts under your feet.
On contraire, mon ami, our rebirth is at hand. We got rid of the Soviets and now we are getting rid of you, our former-colony-of-three-centuries-turned-overlord, because of the behavior of the quint-essential anti-Europeans, I mean the British in both WW1 and WW2. We have never really accepted you as overlord. We are the real deal, where you are Europe’s lost children, unable to generate an elite that could withstand the koshers, who are working overtime to ram white America into minority status.
With Russia, we can reassert ourselves as a sovereign European civilization and without a single doubt return to planetary pole position, like we have been for 2000 years and eclipse you in every imaginable field.
makati1 on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 6:25 pm
“We have the Eurasian alternative, that vast collection of more or less mono-racial, stable societies, with this New Silk Road thingy, providing us with endless new markets for our high-end products.”
Right on Cloggie. Americans (US) are isolating themselves as the World Island is uniting, albeit slowly. The entire population of North and South America is not even near the population of just China. They would not be missed by the other 6 1/2 billion of us.
Not that many countries in S.America are not already jumping on the maritime Silk Road. Soon to be followed by Canada and Mexico as Trump gives them the shaft. Fun to watch…from here.
makati1 on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 6:30 pm
BTW: If you are not familiar with the term “World Island”…
Definition of World Island: the landmass consisting of Europe, Asia, and Africa – M-W
“…who rules the World Island commands the world” — H. J. Mackinder
makati1 on Sat, 1st Sep 2018 7:25 pm
The Us cannot even get to the space station after April next year (2019). It seems that the US cannot build a shuttle of their own that is reliable. No surprise. Look at the F35 for an example of corruption, greed and lack of expertise.
All the WW2 German rocket scientists are dead. They were the ones who gave the Us the space capability in the first place when they were brought to the Us after WW2.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-01/russia-stop-carrying-us-astronauts-space-station-april
Now that the Russians are being beat on with the Us’ stick again, they are saying “NYET!” to taxi rides for Americans to the space station. Next, the Russians may stop selling rocket engines to the US. No more big missiles “Made in the USA”. LOL
“…currently Russia charges NASA about $81 million per seat… September 2014, NASA awarded Boeing and Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. a combined $6.8 billion to revive the U.S.’s ability to fly to the station…”
Nothing happening. Another “F35” boondoggle? America is a lost cause. LMAO
makati1 on Sun, 2nd Sep 2018 9:20 pm
“National Health Crisis! U.S. Rates of Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Soar To The Highest Levels Ever…It has become very clear that our society is being overwhelmed by the consequences of our own reckless behavior.
If we keep doing the same things, we will keep getting the same results, but unfortunately it is not likely that people will be changing their behavior any time soon.”
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/national-health-crisis-u-s-rates-of-syphilis-gonorrhea-and-chlamydia-soar-to-the-highest-levels-ever
Slip slidin’…