It has zero to do with newspapers (news websites?) and TV news. It's a radical revolution that is reaching a new peak - it's very hot to join the movement and disparage the institutions. It's power, to destroy, when the other option is to feel powerlessness; it's a mob that has completely swept up a large segment of the population and they are sweeping away much of the good and productive in society. People are so deep in it that they can't discuss it or even name it ...
I don’t know who discovered water but I’m sure it wasn’t a fish.
(Seriously: very likely you know what I'm talking about, but what is it called? We haven't even named it, we are so paralyzed.).
The critical question to ask, of any radical revolution, is 'who benefits'? It's almost never the people caught up in it; they are usually manipulated or used or simply discarded by someone else who acts opportunistically. And the nihilism of this revolution ensures they will not benefit. How much damage will be done? How many generations will it take to rebuild? 1,000 years, like after the fall of Rome? I'm sure Romans thought that was impossible too, until the very last moment.
With depressing regularity I encounter people from democratic countries denounce not just journalism and institutions but the fundamental system of government, calling for an overthrow (not another election, because they think elections are rigged).
Cynicism so extreme it crosses into naivety.
While I can see who may be benefitting from it, I suspect a significant part of it is people moving up the Maslow’s hierarchy combined with deep-seated mental issues (some likely left over/inherited from much more financially insecure times).
Social media is fracking societal bonds for profit. It's not some evil conspiracy, just an alignment of incentives. We're in the timeline where SkyNet didn't send back a T-1000, they sent back Mark Zuckerberg and the like.
::: THIS ::: Is the AI apocalypse. We'll figure it all out, and route around the damage, I hope.
It's not post-modernism; it's a rejection of post-modernism. Most importantly, the new movement-that-shall-not-be-named embraces and worships power, in themselves and others. Perhaps the most essential foundation of post-modernism is that power is a curse and danger.
I don’t know who discovered water but I’m sure it wasn’t a fish.
(Seriously: very likely you know what I'm talking about, but what is it called? We haven't even named it, we are so paralyzed.).
The critical question to ask, of any radical revolution, is 'who benefits'? It's almost never the people caught up in it; they are usually manipulated or used or simply discarded by someone else who acts opportunistically. And the nihilism of this revolution ensures they will not benefit. How much damage will be done? How many generations will it take to rebuild? 1,000 years, like after the fall of Rome? I'm sure Romans thought that was impossible too, until the very last moment.