Are you familiar with the Dadaist movement? Because you're failing to understand that there are a LOT of people who think that if reason is what leads us to these massive wars, then human's ability to reason is seriously called into question. The fact it happens at all proves that we absolutely did not know better.
I think I see where you've gone wrong now, which is exactly what I failed to recognize for too long.
There is a radical split between hollow, frivolous consumerism, and actual deep, meaningful works. The problem is that the frivolous comes wrapped in shining lights and beautiful colours, to hide the emptiness, while deep and meaningful works often come in very unassuming forms, because the actual body of the work itself is the entire focus of the artist/author.
Keep looking, and keep learning, and you can absolutely find excellent examples which will speak directly to your soul.
When you find truth, it jumps out right in your face. If you've never experienced this, it's best to keep looking.
It has taken me quite a while to work through my own feelings on these things, but what I've come to recognize is that one of the largest problems that generations who grew up online have, is that we've been putting too much stock in trying to understand issues simply through the Internet, rather than actually getting involved in the real world and seeing what's going on first hand.
Frankly, I'm actually leaning towards the notion that much of this propaganda is intentionally designed to provoke people until they actually do that. The real issue comes from the true believers who will stick to what they perceive as "their side" so faithfully that they never once seek dialogue outside of confirming forums, and then go off to take action entirely on their own, based upon little other than the (false) forms within their imagination.
The hard split between "left" and "right" is actually a rather new thing. The figures may have always had distinctions, but when it comes to the general population there used to be a lot more debate amongst the people directly. Now the Internet has become so polarized that many people will never once engage with anyone earnestly discussing what issues connect them.
Many people even become so attached to the title "left" or "right" that their own concept of self is built upon not being like those other guys, and so any ideas that are perceived to be of their "enemies" are rejected out of hand uncritically.
You should treat yourself better.
Even just switching up your daily activities to improve the ratio of time spent with positive activities, rather than sedentary/lustful activities, can do quite a bit to improve your mood.
Look, you're stuck in a downward spiral of self loathing. I know, I was there myself, and I know very well just how hard it is to pull yourself out of that, but it CAN be done.
I think perhaps you may be looking to jump right to sex as the first step, but if you want to actually get there you're going to need to take the journey, and it's a long one for some of us.
Once again, you're stuck imagining things which aren't even real, feeding your despair in a vicious cycle. Personality is so key to attraction that you will actually see some pretty out of shape dudes with doting, loving wives. For women in the dating scene, getting the tall, dark and handsome child molester might be fun for a thrill, but actually GOOD men who will truly cherish them are far harder to find.
Dude, "key developmental milestones" are not actually key to anything. In fact, if you've missed basically ALL of them, as I have, you'll actually have the chance to develop a unique personality which can be very attractive, but you'll need to get over pitying yourself first.
You desperately need to actually look at yourself in the mirror before it's too late.
You're caught in your imagination. The real world is vastly larger than what you're imagining, and there really are a whole hell of a lot of single women your age.
I'm legally denied the ability to even pursue those with a similar level of experience to me
Just wanted to hit this specific point... I'd suggest that you might instead look for someone your own age who is in an equally difficult situation, because you will actually be capable of relating to them, as they have been through the very same absolute bullshit as everyone in our generation has.
If you actually tried to form a union with someone of the age you're considering here, you would know very quickly just how badly you had fucked up, but it would be too late for you.
"getting knocked down" implies you were able to achieve a level of success to begin with
Yea... not really...
I've been an outsider since I was a toddler.
My point is that there are definitely concrete steps which can be taken, if you're willing to explore some unorthodox avenues.
I've been trying and repeatedly getting knocked down for nearly 40 years now, but I've never given up, and through it all I've grown significantly.
If you want an idea for what can help, for myself I've been caring for an elderly friend of my mother's for the past year. This has been helping me build social skills which I missed as a child, especially in regards to how to interact with women properly.
I'm familiar with quite a few examples of the opposite.