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While it can be comforting to find something external to blame, assholes have always existed. You don't have to look farther than human nature to explain their behavior. In fact, doing so can in some ways prevent us from fully understanding the problem. We can't combat it effectively if we don't understand it.
Reducing it down to a vague concept of "human nature" is shortsighted and ignores the science into environmental factors that affect human behavior on a societal level. There is no one, singular "human nature". We are products of our environment and our upbringing.
They never said assholes don't exist. They said there were more cases of violence and serial murder due to the increased level of lead exposure.
You don't have to look further than the surface, no, but neglecting to do so is just myopic and willfully ignorant behavior. It's hilarious that you then end it by saying we can't fight it if we don't understand it. We can't understand it if we don't study it and the factors that influence it.
Cool, so all we need to do is keep lead exposure to a minimum and in a generation fascism won't exist, right? If you're agreeing with the statement "lead exposure explains Boomer and Gen X MAGA conservatives" then something along those lines must be what you're trying to say.
And you said I'm oversimplifying things, sheesh.