I am an X user..... though reluctantly. Here is the thing that terrifies me more than anything else and possibly why I cannot look away, Musk and his ilk, in cahoots with a variety of right wing populist, authoritarian wannabes are using all of this to change the face of our world and in the process destroy democracy. All of this conspir…
I am an X user..... though reluctantly. Here is the thing that terrifies me more than anything else and possibly why I cannot look away, Musk and his ilk, in cahoots with a variety of right wing populist, authoritarian wannabes are using all of this to change the face of our world and in the process destroy democracy. All of this conspiracy nonsense is being fed to the minions and they/we are consuming it like it is our last meal, in big gulps and barely chewing it up. I am at a loss quite frankly as to what the solution is. Do we look away and hope for the best? Do we stay in the battlefield and continue to fight the good fight, even though we know it is hopeless? Whatever we do - what kind of world are we leaving behind for the next generation? These are the things that keep me up at night and honestly Musk is just a symptom of a much bigger problem.
I'm neither an optimist nor a fatalist — but this is one situation where I do feel like our societal immune system will probably kick in soon. we've had eras of misinformation and paranoia before, and we've managed to grapple with them, even if there's been some pain along the way. But that's not a guarantee. So, yeah, we need to figure out how to get our antibodies operating at 100%.
I am an X user..... though reluctantly. Here is the thing that terrifies me more than anything else and possibly why I cannot look away, Musk and his ilk, in cahoots with a variety of right wing populist, authoritarian wannabes are using all of this to change the face of our world and in the process destroy democracy. All of this conspiracy nonsense is being fed to the minions and they/we are consuming it like it is our last meal, in big gulps and barely chewing it up. I am at a loss quite frankly as to what the solution is. Do we look away and hope for the best? Do we stay in the battlefield and continue to fight the good fight, even though we know it is hopeless? Whatever we do - what kind of world are we leaving behind for the next generation? These are the things that keep me up at night and honestly Musk is just a symptom of a much bigger problem.
I'm neither an optimist nor a fatalist — but this is one situation where I do feel like our societal immune system will probably kick in soon. we've had eras of misinformation and paranoia before, and we've managed to grapple with them, even if there's been some pain along the way. But that's not a guarantee. So, yeah, we need to figure out how to get our antibodies operating at 100%.