Literally this. We all have fish bowl memories. Remember how big of a deal the Israel-Palestine conflict was again for like, a week? We just are being moved on to and off of whatever the big spectacle is for the current time period
People joke about “oh things are getting contrived this season” or whatever as a joke comparing real life to a Netflix show or whatever but it honestly does feel like we’re just reacting to the medias packaging of real world events as episodic experiences, we take part in “the discourse” and then nothing fundamentally is addressed and everyone forgets when the next thing comes down the pipeline
Yeah I think thats pretty much the point or at least part of it, it’s just keep shit moving, keep constantly throwing shit out there so we can’t address anything, lose steam and revolutionary energy and they keep getting to do what they want
younger ones raised in this culture will become immune to the chaos.
:bugs-no: The younger generations will not know anything else. Growing up on it, this seems normal and focusing on a news story over time will become less and less likely. The medium is the message, and the medium is headlines.
optimism isn't believing in miracles, it is thinking specific events can go our way. B and R can improve the quality of life for many African countries, so I am optimistic about that. Anarchists and MLs have found more online spaces(not twitter) and IRL they work together at, that's what I'm optimistic about.
I've lost a lot of the "zoomer cavalry will save us" mentality over time, but I feel like what is actually significant about the current and coming generations is that they aren't being bought off on the system like the boomers were during the latter half of the 20th century. Like, that was the deal: you don't try to do socialism or communism like the Soviets, and we'll give you a cut of the profits for staying with us. And they took that deal and their lead-contaminated brains were fully broken.
However, with the current generations - to a lesser extent the millennials, and to a greater extent Gen Z and Alpha, there isn't really that same cut of the profits from the ruling class anymore. They took the carrot on that stick while they were stripping the copper out of the walls. So what happens if you don't have a carrot to dangle anymore and only have a great big stick in the form of anti-China, anti-communist propaganda? I guess we're collectively going to find out, but I'd be surprised if Gen Z and Alpha ended up exactly the same as the boomers. Treat-obsessed, absolutely, almost every American who isn't fighting for their life in poverty working three jobs every single day is, but if the treats decline, then what happens?
they aren't buying the same lie as boomers, but media poisoning and horse and circus politics are probably here to stay for a long time unless things get a lot worse really fast. Your daily life has to be uncomfortable regardless of place in social hierarchy outside class, E. I white straigth men need to be in direct pain, not hidden, before the news poisoning and talk and forget stops. and then racism usually takes hold instead. critical thinking skills are the cure.
Ora so funny to see the people who claim they aren’t sheep get so mad they piss themselves about random things their media tells them to be mad about and then drop it instantly when it stops for the next thing.
Yes. Welcome to the Spectacle.
Literally this. We all have fish bowl memories. Remember how big of a deal the Israel-Palestine conflict was again for like, a week? We just are being moved on to and off of whatever the big spectacle is for the current time period
People joke about “oh things are getting contrived this season” or whatever as a joke comparing real life to a Netflix show or whatever but it honestly does feel like we’re just reacting to the medias packaging of real world events as episodic experiences, we take part in “the discourse” and then nothing fundamentally is addressed and everyone forgets when the next thing comes down the pipeline
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Yeah I think thats pretty much the point or at least part of it, it’s just keep shit moving, keep constantly throwing shit out there so we can’t address anything, lose steam and revolutionary energy and they keep getting to do what they want
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:bugs-no: The younger generations will not know anything else. Growing up on it, this seems normal and focusing on a news story over time will become less and less likely. The medium is the message, and the medium is headlines.
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optimism isn't believing in miracles, it is thinking specific events can go our way. B and R can improve the quality of life for many African countries, so I am optimistic about that. Anarchists and MLs have found more online spaces(not twitter) and IRL they work together at, that's what I'm optimistic about.
I've lost a lot of the "zoomer cavalry will save us" mentality over time, but I feel like what is actually significant about the current and coming generations is that they aren't being bought off on the system like the boomers were during the latter half of the 20th century. Like, that was the deal: you don't try to do socialism or communism like the Soviets, and we'll give you a cut of the profits for staying with us. And they took that deal and their lead-contaminated brains were fully broken.
However, with the current generations - to a lesser extent the millennials, and to a greater extent Gen Z and Alpha, there isn't really that same cut of the profits from the ruling class anymore. They took the carrot on that stick while they were stripping the copper out of the walls. So what happens if you don't have a carrot to dangle anymore and only have a great big stick in the form of anti-China, anti-communist propaganda? I guess we're collectively going to find out, but I'd be surprised if Gen Z and Alpha ended up exactly the same as the boomers. Treat-obsessed, absolutely, almost every American who isn't fighting for their life in poverty working three jobs every single day is, but if the treats decline, then what happens?
they aren't buying the same lie as boomers, but media poisoning and horse and circus politics are probably here to stay for a long time unless things get a lot worse really fast. Your daily life has to be uncomfortable regardless of place in social hierarchy outside class, E. I white straigth men need to be in direct pain, not hidden, before the news poisoning and talk and forget stops. and then racism usually takes hold instead. critical thinking skills are the cure.
Ora so funny to see the people who claim they aren’t sheep get so mad they piss themselves about random things their media tells them to be mad about and then drop it instantly when it stops for the next thing.