All true & totally agree. Humans are herd-like as zebras on an African plain with prowling lions.
yet humans technically have self-awareness and ability to critically examine their own behavior. That often happens only long after the crowd contagions take their toll.
What sparked this one? Maybe it's the corroding influence of critical social justice studies in universities -- per Matt's excellent Marcuse profile last year. Young people's understandable anger at being loaded up for life with college debt? The sense that "the system" doesn't work anymore? The bogus economic numbers that make things seem much better than they are?
The CIA flying pride flags in devout Muslim nations? Biological men competing as women in women's sports? Race huckstering for political gain and educational profit? The entire culture has collapsed like a cheap tent. It will be decades to pick up the pieces.
Did a central committee do this? Or was it a crowd contagion mind virus? Why do newsrooms present what they do? It makes no sense at all if their job is to report reality. They fabricate reality. Who makes these decisions and why? Maybe ratings/profits per Matt's Hate, Inc. Could be that's all it is.
All true & totally agree. Humans are herd-like as zebras on an African plain with prowling lions.
yet humans technically have self-awareness and ability to critically examine their own behavior. That often happens only long after the crowd contagions take their toll.
What sparked this one? Maybe it's the corroding influence of critical social justice studies in universities -- per Matt's excellent Marcuse profile last year. Young people's understandable anger at being loaded up for life with college debt? The sense that "the system" doesn't work anymore? The bogus economic numbers that make things seem much better than they are?
The CIA flying pride flags in devout Muslim nations? Biological men competing as women in women's sports? Race huckstering for political gain and educational profit? The entire culture has collapsed like a cheap tent. It will be decades to pick up the pieces.
Did a central committee do this? Or was it a crowd contagion mind virus? Why do newsrooms present what they do? It makes no sense at all if their job is to report reality. They fabricate reality. Who makes these decisions and why? Maybe ratings/profits per Matt's Hate, Inc. Could be that's all it is.
OY ... I wish I knew!