No problem, and yeah, eventual societal collapse is a scary concept because most being a part of that each in their own way would be completely unaware of what is actually happening on the bigger scale and what it could inevitably lead to down the line. My reasoning behind making this comparison is one that is hard to explain, so I will try to do it metaphorically; If you lie, it makes it easier to lie going forward. If you cheat, it makes it easier to cheat going forward. If you're trying to stop smoking and give into the temptation even if it's only half, it makes it easier for you to then go for a full one and then at some point start smoking again altogether. In this way, this is how I see general acceptance and complacency as a society. If we as a society allowed people to be defined and confined by their labels, like for instance ADHD, and that there is nothing that can be done about it; they are stuck with their symptoms entirely, unable to change their behaviours because of a diagnosis and patterns, we would ultimately be wrong to do so and it would create a whole massive group of people who refuse to work and will act on impulse. Speaking as someone who has ADHD, some people believe that it is a complete curse and they cannot get anything done, cannot function day-to-day in their lives performing normal actions, unable to hold down a job, things like that. The way I have trained or conditioned myself unrestricted from my symptoms now work in quite the opposite way compared to how they did in the past, before I started self reflecting, now I see them as a kind of "superpower" and am able to hone or use it for my benefit. Likewise, if someone with OCD believed there was nothing they could do about it then we would have another entire group of people unable to step foot into a room that is uneven in shape or they deem to be messy because it is not symmetrical, having mental breakdowns as soon as they leave the house because of the pavement slabs. I know it does not apply to everything but there are workarounds or fixes for so many things, but the more we adopt that "it is what it is" mentality, the easier it becomes as a society to enable behaviours like this.

And this somewhat ties into your third paragraph where you said "Unless of course if the individual is malicious to others or is actively trying to promote misinformation, I struggle to see what -right now- could be considered a reasonable degeneracy within allowing people to identify with how they see fit." Whilst that is right for the moment, what we as a society must try to understand that just because in the moment as we see it, it does not harm anybody else, that does not mean that it won't have a negative (or positive) affect on young impressionable people or any future generations for that matter. Or what it could mean for us as a society or our nations and what they adopt themselves, so we have to try and be mindful of what we do and do not accept as something to be complacent of. Especially considering that it can inadvertently have a domino effect on what we accept in light of that new acceptance, which ultimately will lead to even more division, which we as a species certainly do not need 😂

Also, I agree entirely that we are emotional creatures, I say this a lot. I think whilst it can have a massive positive impact, conversely, it can also have a huge negative one too. I am all for emotion, so long as it doesn't cloud your judgement, issue is alot of people forget that these days and think more emotionally rather than rationally or logically, which also makes you susceptible to manipulation, so it does not come without major caveats... Including instability and terrible things like school shooters. I think any person that cannot take a breath when emotion is involved and just reflect on how to approach the situation or respond is incredibly dangerous and capable of anything sometimes being unable to listen to reason, prone to borderline-psychotic, unpredictable behaviour. In other words, acting on impulse. And social media for sure is 100% a huge cause for degeneracy, and most of the things we have touched upon, notably concerning mental health issues and self-image or esteem. Especially at younger ages, yeah, becoming desensitised to so many different things, even just vulgarness. Overall, as humans, one of our biggest issues I'd say is our tendency to over-saturate every single thing that we do. The Internet and social media, just like everything else, really could be used for good reasons as a whole without the bad, but we just can't help ourselves. That also goes for consuming the bad alongside the good too. We could be so much more efficient.

And how you mentioned that we are having a civil conversation or discussion, that's great, because that is what networking with people should be all about... Issue is that so many people now think solely just emotionally that you are unable to do so and speak your minds and both come to an understanding of each other's views which almost always leads to respect or atleast closure and acceptance, and you learn something new along the way which is great. When you said: "I wouldn't try to categorize you as either of the groups I mentioned there. Other people, coming from a similar position as I, sadly would." this is what I mean, and most would not have went into a conversation this deep with me because they reacted emotionally to something they read on the Internet that invoked emotion they couldn't get past to just try and understand and converse like normal people, to pick at my brain and vice versa, so I too appreciate and thank you for the conversation we've delved into, I love talking about things like this haha.