Social media - a sickness inflicted upon the world for snake oil salespersons to exploit.
Verreauxi, I know it is riffing but can’t you add a paragraph or two?! That wall of text is a tad intimidating when you try to read it after a Friday night out lolJust riffing here, to be clear...haha
Everyone experiences existential malaise, irrepressible angst about the unpredictability of life, and inevitable questions about what the future holds. And these common feelings then run head-on into daily frustrations of life as small as waiting in line for a transaction or being stuck in traffic or being frustrated with your job, your relationship, your family, etc. These experiences and feelings are then compounded by social media where folks are depicted living the good life and providing (mostly fictitious) lessons about how to achieve that good life. And this is further compounded by a larger political strategy where the divisions of rich and poor are growing, not shrinking; and so the frustrations at work--due to increasing bureaucratic corporatization--get worse, not better. But everywhere around you, it seems—at least as depicted in the media—has more money and more happiness than you. And with the frustrations at work, and seeing other folks live the good life, as well as the continued existential malaise and daily irritations leads--for some--to an overestimated sense of privilege that things should be better. But politicians are full of empty promises. And the malaise that one experiences turns from existential and mental into a mumbling daily soliquy, and then into the beginnings of publicly visable aggrieved entitlement, where frustrations are acted out with anger and anti-social behavior. And this is compounded by social media algorithms that prey on individuals who don't have a good social outlet to talk things out, or who are too stubborn to do so. And the grifters step in, preying on you, telling you deserve better, but not in a good way like being decent or just chilling out but in a bad way, like it's a zero-sum gain and if you lose, someone else is winning. And this feeds back into the sense of entitlement and the daily frustrations and the existential malaise and leads to social alienation. And swindler politicians and social media grifters, aware you are socially alienated, vulnerable, aggrieved, and falsely entitled, know that $$ or votes are dependent on their ability to make sure your angst is directed at a fictitious enemy, such as immigrants or LGBTQ+ or pronouns or idealistic uni kids, etc., And your angst and rage should especially be directed at politicians who don't support the increasing divide between rich and poor, or who don't agree that immigration is a major problem, or who do support a living wage, who do fight for a living wage, etc. And these fictitious entities become the enemy and a larger distraction from the real issues in life, which are, socioeconomically and simplistically speaking, being kind, being well-adjusted to the unpredictability of daily life and the malaise that it can occasionally bring, and also being fairly compensated and treated humanely for the work you do. Those who are distracted from these real-life issues get further alienated, become further despairing and frustrated, and vent their frustrations through rage rather than through introspection. They find communities of like-minded individuals on social media, which reinforces a social norm that it is okay to hate people and also okay to be violent against them. These communities develop their own norms and lore and symbolism. And they form very strong concepts of in-group/out-group membership where out-group members are treated as targets or prey or dispensible. And here we are. Angry rage-filled folks tryi to ruin the lives of their fellow citizens who performed an important civic duty of being on a jury trial.
Verreauxi, I know it is riffing but can’t you add a paragraph or two?! That wall of text is a tad intimidating when you try to read it after a Friday night out lol
You know that thing where Trump is reading his teleprompter and then goes totally off script? I kind of did that as I lost track of what line I was reading - but without all the sniffing and racist side comments.Normally I read his posts with great interest, but I ejected with haste on that one
lolIt's obvious Dems want Trump assassinated.
Any other reasonable explanation for removing Trump's secret service security in prison?
Good point mate. Could be a Dem plot to secretly assassinate Trump that will obviously be swept under the carpet and no one will clock on.Any other reasonable explanation for removing Trump's secret service security in prison?
Careful mate, if you tweet 3 insults while looking at your reflection in the mirror, he'll come and get ya!It's obvious Dems want Trump assassinated. Here they are attempting to remove his secret service detail. Yet I am meant to believe this is not a political witch-hunt of an opponent. Banana republic stuff:
https://www.clarionledger.com/story...-rep-bennie-thompson-legislation/73406474007/
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