Bottom Line with what is happening in America today...

And for the better part of the past decade. Long time lurker, first time poster.

Human emotion is an incredibly powerful thing. In the past 13 months, we are seeing the results of a society that has become progressively weakened by an emphasis on emotions and feelings over fact and logic.

Technology has irredeemably ruined many millions of people. They are subjugated. They cling to narratives because it boosts them back up to a level of functionality. If social media disappeared indefinitely right this moment, these people would be hurling themselves over bridges in mass numbers. The number of people in this country who are improperly socialized or have critically low levels of self-esteem is far higher than is sustainable for society. I once heard that 80 percent of our thoughts are negative. Social media and the media in general magnifies this problem and reduces people’s ability to simply get along.

It’s difficult to get accurate readings because the level of technology we have is unprecedented in human history. When someone is weak but has a voice they can project over platforms such as Twitter, in my amateur academic opinion, they act incredibly irrationally and emotionally. Reasonable people find them to be, at best, unreasonable, and at worst, fricking nuts. I like to call them losers. But when too many people are losing and mob together, they demonize those who are not so and yank them downwards.

I’m not sure it gets better. Millennials and Gen Z have been subject to growing up in society that has increasingly seen traditional values and critical thinking as problematic (RACIST!!!). Human were never meant to function like this. I look around everywhere, thinking of myself as a normal dude, and wonder what the frick is happening. Everything is upside down. I have made a pact with myself that I will NEVER put myself in a position to be tricked with by these people. Who knows what that will look like in the future. But for now, I’m going to the freaking liquor store.