Soup brings up a good point; America is obsessed with vicariously experiences of death and trauma, but only before it becomes jarring. A land of soft people lack proper context of what they wish for, living out life behind multiple barriers from nature's harsh fundamentals.
Tail gunner has a good point also. Sane murderers know the score, regardless of their living condition, when they kill and all facets of society kill. Framing it as usually caused by desperation isn't reasonable