In what exact ways was he "a product of the society that bred him"?
As in, how exactly did society shape and influence his criminal and mad behaviour? Thanks.
shareHe was a product of a horrific childhood due to his parents. The reform school he was sent to was also horrendous and contributed to his sociopathic behavior but it absolutely started in his home. The formative years are in early childhood and set the stage for what we're going to be as adults, unless there's extreme change/intervention, which he didn't have.
shareSo basically he had an abusive childhood?
shareYes. If you look him up it goes into detail about it. His parents were absolutely horrible to all of their children. "Panzram and his six siblings were made to work on the farm from a young age until truancy laws, which made it illegal for parents to not send their children to school, came into effect. Panzram's parents were not happy to have their children sent to school during the day and forced them to work in the fields throughout the night instead; Panzram later reported he would get just two hours of sleep before he would have to get up for school. Punishments in the home ranged from being chained to being starved."
It wasn't "society" that he was a product of, it was a very bad home.
Edited to say: Certainly the reform school he was sent to made him worse but it all started in his home which contributed to him being sent to the reform school in the first place, and eventually spiraled into his extreme violent, deviant behavior.