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[–]Alphix 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

People are so afraid of being different, they've been so terrorized in childhood and teenage by peer pressure, the IMPERATIVE TO CONFORM to everybody else is absolutely overwhelming to most. So they watch TV to be told the same shit as everybody else and that imperative makes them believe it:

One week covid is a deadly plague, the next everything's fine. We are and always were at war with Eastasia. The next day: We are and always were at war with Eurasia. No problem with doublethink! It's not even doublethink anymore, their mind is pudding, it'll take whatever shape is required at any given moment.

Please don't scorn the sheeple, they've been more or less tortured into such a state. It is a sad state of affairs for sure, but not worthy of scorn. Pity and sorrow are more appropriate.

[–]jet199 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

It's frightening how quickly we've gone from "It's OK to be different" to "If you are different you better have a very good excuse like being crazy/autistic/trans."