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[–]transwomenaremen 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I can't use Reddit/essentially most social media for this reason. I genuinely struggle with my faith in humanity when I see the monstrosity that virtue-signaling has morphed into, this complete lack of independently figuring out your own beliefs. It's like, news flash, you're not a woke intellectual on the "right" side of history, you're a parrot.

Bit OT, but am now reminded of a really amazing essay on this sort of thing--alienation for believing in something that is staring the whole world in the face. On Disbelieving Atrocities - Arthur Koestler

Clearly all this is becoming a mania with me and my like. Clearly we must suffer from some morbid obsession, whereas the others are healthy and normal. But the characteristic symptom of maniacs is that they lose contact with reality and live in a fantasy world. So, perhaps, it is the other way round: perhaps it is we, the screamers, who react in a sound and healthy way to the reality which surrounds us, whereas you are the neurotics who totter about in a screened fantasy world because you lack the faculty to face the facts.

disclaimer, don't know about this blog, just Google'd for the essay

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    [–]MonstrousRegiment 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    I believe you're right. He also was fairly delusional about a number of topics. Nevertheless he wrote a good book, Darkness at Noon. Life is complicated, sigh.