With the pace of the the misleading & brainwashing trends we experience today, I think in some near future people will choose voluntarily to take some pills to stop them from feeling to begin with .. as a result of them thinking they cannot take heartbreaks & frustrations anymore. They are told today they need nobody, they are better off alone & that they don’t need to settle cause it’s too risky & nothing is good enough! It threats their freedom, happiness & growth! Being always happy is the single most important goal that matters. So it’s better to be just practical & get together with people either because of logical selfish reasons or to satisfy their desires. No emotions whatsoever! And that societies function better as individuals rather than families!
This perfectly serves the idea of capitalism well. Everyone runs all the time to afford more stuff & secure a “good life”. Of course the kind of life they can show among their networks in comparison to theirs! No family complications whatsoever. The interesting part would be that people won’t be enforced to take those pills .. they will be sold the idea after a series of slow & small changes as the butterfly effect from the chaos theory.
So it started with divide & conquer by widening the gap between men & women, creating two competitive groups that see the other as the enemy. There was absolutely no wisdom or good intention to fix the fabrics of the society when all of this started! Now each group is enjoying their alleged powers including those who are fundamentally bad from both groups. There is only one possible outcome of a bad person when they sport some powers, and it’s “abuse”! Period. Did that solve the original problem or did we end with even more & bigger problems?! Instead of educating the bad in one group, they decided to bring the bad of the two groups to the table without any rational thinking or education for both! In other words starting a war.
Are both groups happier at the end of the day?! Hell no. But instead of people trying to fix that, they will turn to social platforms to write about it .. where they find out they are not alone! Something that gives them a short-term sense of comfort with no real solution by the end of their session! It tends to be another form of a therapy group except that this one involves people looking at each other passively without tackling any issue at all.
After the divide & conquer, it slid towards the abortion rights in order to better serve the idea of individualism. This alleged right was not introduced with any regard to victims, but it’s all about “My body, my right” kind of wild absurdity! An extreme kind of narcissism that is encouraged today. And if you think it’s absurd right now, wait for the steps that eventually will follow!
As a matter of fact, this corrupted way of thinking has infected a lot of individuals to the extent they became hypocrites who are narcissists in nature. They will say they value families & the simple life while their actions fail miserably to follow. Cause the competition is so high now & they don’t want to feel left out!
As a result, people are turning slowly into soulless zombies who are running from the risks of any form of feeling as well as commitments outside their comfort zones .. loyal to one and only person, the “self”. They believe nothing is good enough for them & that they are magically entitled for a lot of good things without actually earning them. A lot of those sport short-term ambitions & vision if any. And instead of bringing the best version of themselves to the table as they used to do in former times, they are advised today to stay as shitty as they are and eventually someone will like their shit! Of course they don’t see their shit as shit since a lot of people around them are doing the same shit! The perfect deadlock.
So with less commitments & being upbeat almost all the time, how did freedom really work for them?! The kind of freedom that doesn’t cause one to be healthy, satisfied, whole & peaceful on the long run as a result .. on the contrary brings them emotional & mental stress, was never a freedom in the first place! Otherwise, why people are more anxious today than before!? A lot of nametags are misplaced nowadays, that’s a fact!
It’s true there is a huge fake wisdom circulating on the internet today starting with “You deserve someone .. bla bla bla”. It’s pretty easy now people fool themselves & believe in this shit while they don’t deserve anything unless they earn it. Period! I can imagine Dracula or some dictator somewhere in the world reading those empty lines just before they go to bed & they forget all the pain they brought to the world & enjoy some good night sleep!
And believe it or not, this turned into a pyramid scheme where those who are willing take the risk collide with those who aren’t .. then the infection spreads further & we end up with more people reluctant to take risks, satisfied with their sole comfort in their bubble! And yes this is a typical sheep/ herd situation.
This scenario fits pretty well between Orwell’s “1984” & Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451”, with some slight changes to avoid any resistance. Invent trends, brainwash & divert people where you want them to go. They will take care of the rest. Evil genius, isn’t it?!
p.s. This is not a conspiracy theory .. One has to be blind not to see the tension, divisions & the absurdity we ended up with today! it’s a simple observation for the insanity of the masses.