Has to be compared to the world in general in the timeframe you wish to explore.
People that apply today's "Butthurt Progressive Offense at Every Opportunity" will never find a good part of world history. Much less USA (the most evil nation ever).
That jealous prick in Wisconsin is a good example of what is considered a "proper response" to his personal angst these days.
People are fed an endless diet of complete **** from a non-stop treadmill of talking heads, negative assholes, depressing outlooks (that will eventually become self-fulfilling prophesies), etc.
So, an impulse-control deficient, annoyed moron had to insert his useless, miserable life into others' lives.
More negativity. And the treadmill of talking heads revel in it.
Really helped "the cause..."
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.