Pyramid of pain

WHAT is the common thread in all these cases? In 2026, a 14-year-old girl in Pakistan tortures and kills her pet cat , sending the pictures of the abuse to an unknown person for approval. In late 2024 in Stockholm, a 14-year-old boy walks up to a man in his 80s, stabs him repeatedly in the back and flees, taking nothing from his victim except blood. Another teenager in the same country tries to coerce a 13-year-old to take his own life and video-stream his suicide. In the US state of Oregon, a 16-year-old shoots and kills three students and a teacher at an elementary school before being shot…