re: Gaslighting - Most vague phrase ever?

I think what you’re missing about critical theory is that most people haven’t been destabilized because of Marxist academics. They’ve been destabilized by the internet. Twenty years ago, when the internet was new, critical theory existed; but our society seemed more stable. Why? Because most people still got their news from cable, and an impactful blogosphere presence still required some sort of credentials if they were going to get promoted into mainstream spaces. And people looked at the internet when they had a quiet moment in the evening or when they were bored at work. And then before we could adjust to that, almost everyone on earth got the internet in their pocket and now all of us are constantly being exposed to a million takes and a thousand set of facts and all of us are drowning and destabilized as a result of that. Are bad actors using it to their advantage? Absolutely. Does that mean you have been gaslit? No. It doesn’t