The thing is, the root causes of this kind of violence are well known, and have been for a long time. But it’s radioactive to say, hey, maybe we should work to eliminate poverty and the economic gulf separating the poorest and the wealthiest in society. All the measure that we might take–improving education, socialized medicine, eliminating systemic racism, criminal justice reform that focuses on reform instead of punishment, drug decriminalization–touch on the root cause, but aren’t themselves the root cause.