It's not just the left, it's like this with everyone. The Gell-Mann effect is not exclusive to the left either.
A good example is how conservatives will recognize that a modern technology is bad or dystopian. It could be TikTok videos, internet porn, virtual reality, surveillance tech, contraceptive pills, surrogacy, gene editing or mRNA. But contrary to your example they are critical of it not because it's something they are invested in but because they aren't and can judge it objectively from the outside. But when it comes to some something they actually like using, whether it's AI-generated images, the internet, IVF, porn or anything run by "our guy" suddenly they can't see any dystopian or serious negative consequences to these technologies and will get angry if you point out they are destroying society. The left does it too but with different technologies. Centrists, communists, anarcho-capitalists, it's all the same. Almost everyone believes whatever makes them comfortable rather than what makes sense. They will justify atrocities when it's for their benefit but call them out when done against them. We've seen this already in 2026.
It's not just the left, it's like this with everyone. The Gell-Mann effect is not exclusive to the left either.
A good example is how conservatives will recognize that a modern technology is bad or dystopian. It could be TikTok videos, internet porn, virtual reality, surveillance tech, contraceptive pills, surrogacy, gene editing or mRNA. But contrary to your example they are critical of it not because it's something they are invested in but because they aren't and can judge it objectively from the outside. But when it comes to some something they actually like using, whether it's AI-generated images, the internet, IVF, porn or anything run by "our guy" suddenly they can't see any dystopian or serious negative consequences to these technologies and will get angry if you point out they are destroying society. The left does it too but with different technologies. Centrists, communists, anarcho-capitalists, it's all the same. Almost everyone believes whatever makes them comfortable rather than what makes sense. They will justify atrocities when it's for their benefit but call them out when done against them. We've seen this already in 2026.