I think what's happening here is that he is dehumanizing his victims by seeing his act in political terms - they are not "children" or "people", but left-wing "sheep" who are part of the establishment that have sold out "his country" to Muslims, Marxists, what-have-you... Was this not a Labour Party event he targeted? He didn't choose a random summer camp, but specifically chose a "political" event - these people are not "people"; they are "traitors", "enemies", "socialists", etc. Stalin didn't kill "people"; he killed "enemies", "exploiters", "traitors to the Motherland", etc.
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