Workplace violence has always been a thing in the US. As a phenomena, it predates the era of school shootings. It's so common that I feel comfortable predicting that this man's motives were a personal grievance, not class warfare.
It was a thing before Columbine, cause man, I remember the talks at school about that.
The class was brought out, we sat under a tree, and were allowed to talk about our feelings.
One of my bullies looked me dead in the eye, and said something along the lines of "Its always the quiet ones."
I'm surprised I didn't have to talk to anyone after looking him dead in the eye back and replying "Yeah, it is." Just letting it hang in the air.
I will say, he no longer bullied me after that.
That's ok, I had another bully who learned the hard way that if pushed far enough, I would break bones if provoked enough. Last day of school that year. He clotheslined me and put me in a choke hold when I was running a football, you know, playing like a kid on the last day of school. He still had a hold as we got up, him behind me. When my vision started to dim, I stomped the arch of his foot (multiple fractures, lot of bones there) to get out, then turned and broke his nose with one punch.
It all stopped after that.
Because my teachers were aware of the bullying (thanks for stopping it, assholes) I didn't get in any trouble. This was at the beginning of zero tolerance talks. It was a policy the next school year.
All the companies I've worked for have said they're more like families. Families fight sometimes. I think all of these matters should remain between family members.
Yeah, but you also have to have a plan. Human beings are both incredibly tough and fragile at the same time, as long as the brain is getting blood a hospital can save you.
This is why if you stab a CEO you need to go for the neck and know where the arteries are. Heart is okay if you've got a real knife and know what you're doing but it's more effort than it's worth otherwise, and the one thing that won't work is stabbing them in the stomach ten times.
Gut wounds were death in the Before Times before antibiotics, now it's just unpleasant.