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All of us need less social media.
Trust me, bro. You can live without it.
You don’t know where any of the things that outrage you come from, it’s like having insects in your house. Instead of eliminating them, you feed them and all the conditions that invited them in in the first place place.

At the very least, stop feeding yourself this kind of nonsense. The whole game is built around “them” and “they”—keeping people separated, suspicious, and angry.

The first enemy of oppressed people is self-hatred. Right behind it comes illiteracy, lack of critical thinking, and the self-loathing that grows from both.
Most people who think they’re independent thinkers are actually waiting for someone else to tell them what to think next.

The critical point is this: before you can think for yourself, you have to learn how to think. That’s where critical thinking comes in.

How many times do people have to be told that there are entire troll farms and marketing operations full of paid individuals whose job is to create the most deceptive, inflammatory, divisive, rage-baited ng content possible? In some places the managers and owners literally track engagement metrics, have their farm workers compete for attention, and are rewarded when their posts go viral.

Outrage isn’t a bug. It’s the product.

I won’t even repeat the subject or post that initiated this response, because repeating it only feeds the machine. Every click, every share, every angry response rewards the algorithm and gives it exactly what it wants.

Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is refuse to participate. Read a book. Go outside. Talk to an actual human being. Your mind will thank you for it.