The cancer of violence is all too often found within the US, fed in part by the same inequality, alienation, lack of opportunity, and fervent search for absolute truth that we discern abroad. The brutal repression of Chechnya, violent Islamic extremism, an American cult of violence, immigrants’ dashed dreams, and plenty of other factors still to be uncovered create a complex pattern of risk that is difficult to unravel and even harder to minimize.
暴力的顽疾对于美国来说绝不少见，一部分要归咎于不平等性、疏离感、机会缺失和狂热地追求绝对真理——与我们所认为的外国别无二致。野蛮的车臣镇压、暴力的伊斯兰极端主义、美国的暴力崇拜、移民虚幻的梦想，以及其他各种各样的因素仍有待暴露，唯有将它们暴露，它们形成了一个难以解决、更难将之最小化的复杂风险模式。但清楚地看到这一点是重要的第一步。