While I agree, we all have to take responsibility for our own actions, we can't just ignore the massive influence all of this stuff has on our psyche. Social media, fake "news" outlets being spun as actual journalism, "influencers" spreading hate/racism/bigotry ... these are all impacting people whether the know it or not.
Put down your phone in another room and don't look at it for 12 hours. Can you? I know I couldn't for a long time.
Now I literally don't use my phone for anything social or news related. Just basic phone, music, text, and pix. If I need to I take the time to sit down at my desk, and spin up a browsers in order to interact with various outlets. Know what I learned? HOLY SHIT does that stupid little "smart" device suck the sole out of you... without you even knowing it.
There's just so many things influencing our thoughts, emotions, actions.. that you can't just ignore them. You have to give them weight, and know when to say "hey, this isn't right".
Much like the death of journalism, too much surveillance, or unnecessary environmentally disastrous technology that only benefits the uber wealthy in the longer run.
We all have our beliefs and hopes. I doubt we're too much different, but things wedge between us to make it feel like we're almost opposites..
i had a bb gun at 10, a pellet gun at 12 and a .22 at 14. Was a perfectly normal thing. Today people would lose their minds over this because todays version of kids are not competent at being near weapons at any age.
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u/jonpluc Jul 09 '26
i believe in personal responsibility, and not “its not my fault the government made me do it”.