Infowars are so powerful, and we're so ill-prepared to meet them.
Yesterday, I was struck by how much media illiteracy reigns. How gullible we still are in every news cycle.
Is it genuine?
Or do people know full well what they're weaponizing?
That's the kind of despair infowars breed.
One no longer knows if one's neighbours are being honestly manipulated or eager participants in their own manipulation.
All one knows is that propaganda reigns, and has made the world unsafer yet again.
Anyway, good morning, and good Tuesday to all of you. ☕
We have *so* much psychological damage to address in the coming years.
But we're not going to heal overnight (if at all). And no coronal mass ejection is going to save us from problems online, alas.
All we can do is try not to be angry with ourselves and others for living through such stupid, cruel, and stressed-out times.
We're all doing the best we can. 🫂💛
@MLClark We do, indeed. The sad thing, IMHO, is that we won't get time to address it because the replacements are coming at such a frenetic pace.
In 25 years the US has gone from concern to outrage to concern to numbness over school shootings. We have to absorb the insanity to be ready for the next absurdity.
Sigh
@MLClark @Graci Once people are truly in an "alt-reality", there is no recovery without disconnecting that alt-reality.
In the 2015 documentary "The Brainwashing of My Dad" all the steps of progression are noted.
Spoiler: At the end, her mother manages to hide the channels with a TV or cable box change. His festering anger starts to subside, effectively getting deprogrammed.
Usually, there isn't a mole like the mother to assist.
@S_r_stone @MLClark Definitely
@MLClark @Graci Usually whole households are affected.