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The Ideological Purge
A New Epoch of Social Unrest
It seems long ago now — especially in our fast evolving social and political landscape — but with the emergence of the pandemic (which many forget is still rampant) came a flurry of glimmering commentaries by optimists postulating that the pandemic would be the thing to finally elevate our consciousness — and save civilization from inevitable collapse. Naïvely, I hoped that these postulations would translate into reality (even in all their ambiguity), and that we would finally leave purity politics — and all of its divisive and censorious effects — behind.
But these optimistic proclamations quickly fizzled out. Social consciousness was not elevated, in fact, it seems the pandemic was the tipping point in hurtling humanity towards a new epoch of social unrest. With this unrest, we too, have all but abandoned the climate cause. Against our better judgement (and Nature’s best interest) we’ve chosen to ride the purity wave, wielding our wokeness as weapons, embracing its dogma, and tearing each other apart in the process, forgetting entirely about the greater threat of planetary collapse.
Big Tech & The Control of Content
As we know, one of the last frontiers for large scale connectivity has turned digital, courtesy of Big Tech. Initially, Big Tech’s primary role…
