So, yeah, no one stormed the Capitol. The police opened the door and people calmly walked in

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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah there's some truth to that. But there's also a lot of people who don't fall in to either of those two camps. The media kind of leads us to believe everyone fits one of those two descriptions, when the reality is most are somewhere inbetween. The hyper-polarized people are the ones always given the microphone, so it creates a warped image of how divided society is. Which itself makes us even more divided, if we buy in to that narrative. But it's true there is real division too.

It's seems as though the neutral people with mild opinions aren't being given a platform to be heard. And so to be heard, people rush to extremes, and also people pay attention to extremes because that's what the media normalizes. It's exhausting. I think a lot of the compassionate and intelligent people have walked away from even listening to these divisive type of narratives because they realize it's a waste of energy and time.

I think in a way, we need to learn what to ignore. Our priorities are all messed up, because we mostly prioritize things by emotions. And that becomes increasingly true the more riled up people get.

[–]Madsea 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It’s not entirely our fault. Big tech and social media have found ways to hack our psychology with aggressive algorithms. It’s basically a huge social conditioning psyop at this point. Both sides are brainwashing their extremes in different ways. I really think regulating big tech and media would go a long way. Telling lies and deliberately misleading masses of people should have consequences, as should designing weapons that destroy human psychology by keeping people outraged to keep them glued to scrolling their apps longer, to generate more ad revenue. Too many humans aren’t taught critical thinking and aren’t self aware enough to see how they’re being manipulated and/or why. Regulating big tech and trashing citizens United would do far more to help us than storming the Capitol.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think there should be people storming all of these places and literally walking these people to the airports, saying "Adios, and thanks for nothing!"

[–]Madsea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Haha you’re nicer about it than me. There would be no going to airports for billionaires in my revolution. We slay dragons and redistribute their loot piles in our games. :)