That type of violence was much more common in the past. Knifings was a huge problem. What changed was access to guns. USA has a high degree of teens having access to guns. So the results of that is predictable. If we'd have the same access to guns 150 years ago, we'd be seeing much more school shooting back then than what we have today. Life was incredibly cheap back then. People were murdered left and right for the most trivial reasons.
Not accurate. Most of the mentally ill 100 years ago were sufferers of syphilis. We have a cure for syphilis now.
A lot of mental illness diagnosises were first diagnosed not that long ago. When I was young ADHD wasn't a thing. Autism was only diagnosed when it was quite extreme. We are much better at identifying mental illness now. Which explain the increase. Or to put it in simple terms. We have no idea how common mental illness useed to be.
Suicide statistics are complete bullshit. We have no idea how common suicides are. In cultures where it's shameful to commit suicide doctors are kind enough to interpret suicides as accidents. And this is most cultures. Japan is a famous outliar, with a culture that thinks suicides is an honorable way to go. Unsurprisingly they top the charts. I'm assuming that they don't really have more suicides there than elsewhere.
This has been explained a million times now. Sweden collects rape statistics differently than other countries. That's why the high number. Before 2010 we had comparatibly low rape rates. After 2010 they shot up. Which is when we started to collect the statistics differently. People who write articles about the high rape prevalence in Sweden are always disingenuous and have a habit of comparing statistics 1:1 as if they are collected in the same way.
It's hard to answer, since that man has shaped our modern world. We live in a Marxist society now, all the west. But we take it for granted now that we have forgotten where the ideas come from. The idea that technical innovation is the driver of historical events (rather than genius great men showing up) is a Marxist idea. And is seen as so obvious today that we assume that's just the natural way of interpreting history. This is known as a Materialistic reading of history.
Marx and Marxism is so intrinsic to modern society that it's today hard to say what is Marxism and what isn't. The fact that USSR redefined Marx to suit their own needs doesn't help in understanding him. They treated him as a patron saint, which hasn't been helpful in understanding his work or it's relevance.
But I don't identify as a Marxist necessarily. He's just one in a long row of thinkers that have changed the world for the better (and sometimes for the worse). I'm a bigger fan of Nietzsche for instance. And identify more with being a liberal than with being Marxist. Yes, there is a difference.
I believe there is some truth to all of what you say. I don't accept it as Gospel truth. I don't accept anything as Gospel truth.
However, Islam has been at war with the world since it was founded. Yeah yeah , there is stupid shit and violence in Scripture, but Jesus was nothing like Muhammad. Jesus forgave those who crucified him and rebuked his Apostles for taking up swords to defend him.
Muhammad cut off heads and hands and was a terrorist.
Muslims have been trying to rape and pillage Europe as the Moors and Ottoman Empire for many Centuries, and almost succeeded were it not for the Turkish fleet getting sunk at Lepanto.
Many Muslim immigrants going into Europe have never seen an unveiled woman before, and where they come from it is okay to gang rape unveiled women. I'm 100% convinced this is the primary cause of the rape epidemic in Sweden and Europe.
So, you live in Sweden? I'm part Swedish.
Also, have you ever read this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Fátima
I could never be a Marxist after studying that, going there as a child, and experiencing the power of Marian devotion and the Rosary. Our Lady of Fatima said the errors of Russia would spread throughout the world , and worked a miracle that many atheists said they witnessed.
Now, nothing happened to the sun. It was a vision, A sign promised to all who showed up at that time and that location. The prophecy of the coming of World War 2 and the Spread of Communism throughout the world was contained in the message to illiterate Shepherd children who should have never known about or been thinking about such matters.