Summary

A white SUV was driven into a crowd outside Yong’an Primary School in Hunan, China, injuring several students and adults.

Parents and bystanders subdued the driver, who was handed to police.

While no life-threatening injuries were reported, this is the third crowd attack in China this week, raising alarms about public safety.

The incidents have ignited online discussions about the growing trend of “taking revenge on society,” where individuals target strangers in response to personal grievances.

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      8 hours ago

      The sudden part could be an increase in the frequency of such events, or just news that made it out of state censoring

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      16 hours ago

      Probably economic and sociological issues.

      Low mental health access, lack of cultural concern/respect for alienated groups, lack of welfare and social safety nets.

      The usual stuff that makes people feel like they have no future, and resentful of others.

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        14 hours ago

        I was told this is not an issue in China. /S

        But actually this is a serious issue and as far as western readers are concerned, this perception issue speaks to the filtered way media / news makes it out of the region

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        15 hours ago

        I was going to ask if this is common and just get reported recently or if something was going on.

        Is it fairly “normal”?

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    If you can’t discuss your grievances online, easiest way to share them is a copycat crime.

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      13 hours ago

      The more stressors we put on people the more we force them to lash out.

      If we detach survival from work that would remove most stressors from people’s lives. And in our world of insane overproduction and excess we can afford to make that transition.

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    17 hours ago

    Sad. There’s no memory hole big enough for the party to hide this kind of thing down.