Institutional? I honestly don't follow them too much anymore. Onion removed shit? I stopped visiting years ago. Before they caught TDS they had long since stopped being funny.
Now, individuals is where I see it most poignantly. Grown men at work who would never be confused for anything other than a man putting "he/him" in his email signature. People recording TikToks at a funeral. Long time friend I haven't seen in forever asking if I turned into a "conspiracy nut" because I don't have an Alexa device. "Yeah, but I just want to play the FF7 remake games anyway," says another. Brother shrugging at the decay in school with respect to his son with a "I don't like it but I can't stop it" resignation. Father in law obsessed with YouTube videos about Ukraine killing Russians so they're obviously winning. Client talking about how good people shouldn't care about their privacy being violated.
The death of spirit, death of truth, death of respecting other humans' individuality...
The black pill is depressing enough as it is, but pushing through those dark realizations is just a matter of exposure and understanding the rational. Seeing people near me slotting in to their spots on the WEF bingo card has been hitting me unexpectedly hard.
Institutional? I honestly don't follow them too much anymore. Onion removed shit? I stopped visiting years ago. Before they caught TDS they had long since stopped being funny.
Now, individuals is where I see it most poignantly. Grown men at work who would never be confused for anything other than a man putting "he/him" in his email signature. People recording TikToks at a funeral. Long time friend I haven't seen in forever asking if I turned into a "conspiracy nut" because I don't have an Alexa device. "Yeah, but I just want to play the FF7 remake games anyway," says another. Brother shrugging at the decay in school with respect to his son with a "I don't like it but I can't stop it" resignation. Father in law obsessed with YouTube videos about Ukraine killing Russians so they're obviously winning. Client talking about how good people shouldn't care about their privacy being violated.
The death of spirit, death of truth, death of respecting other humans' individuality...
The black pill is depressing enough as it is, but pushing through those dark realizations is just a matter of exposure and understanding the rational. Seeing people near me slotting in to their spots on the WEF bingo card has been hitting me unexpectedly hard.