Why are we all still watching this reality show? What a question, but to me it's not clear how not to watch. You'd have to be isolated from media... Perhaps the question should be: Why is everyone so fixated and divided on these issues?
The burning of Teslas, though futile to sway the despised Musk,, is maybe a sign, as you point out, of societies' fracture and chaos rising. It shows that symbolism and ideology are more important to many of the disillusioned. It's irrational and immature because it does nothing to solve the problem they perceive.
I think the chaos is the result of many years of intense conditioning and propaganda that became institutionalized and driven by greed and profit. Now that everyone has a smartphone surveilling them, manipulating them, it's so much more intense.
The only way forward that I can see is to embrace critical thinking, teach it, in or out of school, and allow it to flourish. Journalism is, if not dead, very controlled and censorship abounds. So we need to change that, which ironically Musk played a role in, with twitter.
We've allowed manipulation and coercion for so long, entrenched it, monetized it. It's business as usual... slowly crumbling.
Money is like a river, it has great momentum and will find it's way to the sea.
Why are we all still watching this reality show? What a question, but to me it's not clear how not to watch. You'd have to be isolated from media... Perhaps the question should be: Why is everyone so fixated and divided on these issues?
The burning of Teslas, though futile to sway the despised Musk,, is maybe a sign, as you point out, of societies' fracture and chaos rising. It shows that symbolism and ideology are more important to many of the disillusioned. It's irrational and immature because it does nothing to solve the problem they perceive.
I think the chaos is the result of many years of intense conditioning and propaganda that became institutionalized and driven by greed and profit. Now that everyone has a smartphone surveilling them, manipulating them, it's so much more intense.
The only way forward that I can see is to embrace critical thinking, teach it, in or out of school, and allow it to flourish. Journalism is, if not dead, very controlled and censorship abounds. So we need to change that, which ironically Musk played a role in, with twitter.
We've allowed manipulation and coercion for so long, entrenched it, monetized it. It's business as usual... slowly crumbling.
Money is like a river, it has great momentum and will find it's way to the sea.
I want make one thing clear. That old codger who got caught keying a Tesla in San Jose. He’s not a boomer. He’s a moron who happens to be a boomer 🤠👍
Morons come in all shapes, sizes and generations.