“Some of the sadness and frustration following Aurora has to do with the fact…that no one thinks anyone can, or will, do anything to make our culture better. The film industry isn’t going to change, the genie is long out of the bottle.”
The Dark Night Rises, indeed.
OTOH, if American culture is toxic, something better is happening behind the scenes. Auroras are, in fact, declining. In the 2000s, murders and mass murders have dropped to their lowest levels since the 1960s.