What Is Wrong With the I-Gen Generation?

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What is going on with Gen Z and early Generation Alpha kids? Do they think they are invincible? Or immortal? 

Or do some of them have suicidal tendencies, which are immune to mood-changing effects? Like those found in Prozac or Ritalin?

Yesterday, a crazed gunman who believed he was Jesus Christ pulled out a revolver and opened fire outside the White House Saturday night, before he was quickly taken down by a barrage of shots from the Secret Service.

Nasire Best, 21, fired at a checkpoint at about 6:10 PM after being seen pacing in a strange manner up and down 17th St Northwest. He only got off a few shots before he was shot and killed in a hail of bullets from federal officers

He is just the latest in what is believed to be a generation of strung out kids who are seeking some sort of of life-defining recognition by taking a chance to assassinate President Trump.

This began with Thomas Crooks, who was 20 when he attempted ato assassinate Donald Trump in July, 2024. He was followed by Ryan Routh, a sixty-five year old man, who does not fit the group, tried to gain notoriety just two months later.

Then, in December, 2024, Luigi Mangione, now 28, allegedly killed Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Health Care in New York City. In September, 2025, Tyler Robinson, a twenty-three year old man, allegedly assassinated Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder, at a rally in Utah.

Austin Martin, 21, was killed when he attempted to breach Mar-a-lago in February, 2026. It is presumed that he thought the President was in attendance.

And in April, 2026, Cole Allen, 31, allegedly attempted to assassinate President Trump and others at the most recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

There were other notable shootings or murder attempts in the last three years, mostly by Gen Z or Alpha Gen people. But it is not exclusive to these groups. 

It is believed the zeitgeist of Gen Z has been largely shaped by, among other things, the Covid-19 pandemic, social media and demographic turns. The turbulence of the past decade has undercut, to a marked degree, their confidence in foundational American values of pluralism, civic participation, free enterprise and democracy. The generation feels a huge disconnect to American society as a whole.

Thus, the high prepondence of violence. But that generation is also the first to be exposed to a predominantly high-tech learning eenvironment, with the Internet, iPhones, iPads, iPods, and other tech screen time at their disposal. Hence the I-Gen group.

Perhaps, it is time to return to a day gone by, and remove the opportunity to learn from all this electronic media. It has desensitized their humanity.

And return to human, rather than digital interfacing, so that they maintain their social skills to deal with others. Even those with whom they disagree.