Then they succeeded. That's what they wanted; to demoralise you, to make sure you know that everything you care about, even movies about space wizards, will be subverted, corrupted, and thrown back into your face.
The reason we (high trust societies) play the game is to win. We want more resources, better technology, and greater acheivements. To this end, yes, we would want people to keep playing (contributing) to get us more of everything.
That is not the game anyone else is playing. They are playing so that everyone else loses. They don't care if all of our amazing systems collapse so long as they are the ones sitting on top of the pile at the end.
What did Schwab write? 150M people, globally, to act as serfs for a tiny technocracy? Does that look like "winning" to you, even if you're one of the elite? No more progress or innovation, no spiritual development, massive drops in standards of living, but you and yours get to wear the big boy pants? Because that's what winning looks like to the people producing these movies.
I don't even care enough about star wars to write a few paragraphs here talking about how much I don't care.
Then they succeeded. That's what they wanted; to demoralise you, to make sure you know that everything you care about, even movies about space wizards, will be subverted, corrupted, and thrown back into your face.
That's not success. Success is keeping people playing the rigged game, not walking away from the table.
We can go read, watch, and play something else. And most people have.
We aren't playing the same game.
The reason we (high trust societies) play the game is to win. We want more resources, better technology, and greater acheivements. To this end, yes, we would want people to keep playing (contributing) to get us more of everything.
That is not the game anyone else is playing. They are playing so that everyone else loses. They don't care if all of our amazing systems collapse so long as they are the ones sitting on top of the pile at the end.
What did Schwab write? 150M people, globally, to act as serfs for a tiny technocracy? Does that look like "winning" to you, even if you're one of the elite? No more progress or innovation, no spiritual development, massive drops in standards of living, but you and yours get to wear the big boy pants? Because that's what winning looks like to the people producing these movies.
Sure.
And people completely walking away from their influence does not help them achieve that.