Ire in the Age of Doom-Posting
Yes, fellow cultured soul (you must be if you’re reading this mag!), I’m here to tell you that – unfortunately – we’re doomed.
Unequivocally, too, as it seems! Global temperatures are rising, which in turn will raise sea levels and submerge the coasts of numerous continents, causing significant impact to life. Prices, interest rates, inflation, and debts have also increased in recent years.
People hold polarizing views and don’t seem willing to compromise an inch on them. Even when presented with something as simple as a counterargument (the very hallmark of any productive debate!), people willfully double-down in factually skewed echo chambers. The fracture dividing our society will soon be a gap we can no longer bridge.
Except… No, actually not!
To break free in the age of “doom-posting”, one first must realize there is much to profit from financially when it comes to exaggeratory naysaying. Consider this… if instead of focusing on negatives in the introduction I opted for a more positive viewpoint – would you have continued to read this far?
That may sound accusatory, but the question is posed for one to reflect. It’s no secret, people love tragedy. It’s no stretch to say that internationally, news media companies wheel and deal heavily – sometimes exclusively – in tragedy.
The more sensationalist the better. Nothing but ultra-shocking, mind-numbing, chaotic headlines to those consuming – driving ratings (clicks) and money in return. From the outside, one can easily ascertain the relationship between news media and its audience as a regurgitating vicious cycle.
Gory, gaudy news sells. Without a demand, logically there would be no supply, right? However, as complicit as the audience may seem in this cycle, the proverbial well has been tainted.
The average person, after the constant assuage of doom-posting (be it television or internet or news or social media), gave in after the prolonged exposure. Like test subjects, they were trained to subconsciously – and constantly – pick only the bad from the good.
After constant doom-posting, people came out from it programmed. Easily and often, it’s overlooked that the human mind is programmable.
You see that notion in full force today when you encounter someone that still buys into the notion of “left vs. right”, “democrat vs. republican”, and so on.
The problems of the U.S. are no longer confined to the institution of politics because simply put, U.S. politics is fakery. Furthermore, why wouldn’t news media take opportunities to spew inflamed rhetoric and get a witless audience hooked to their clickbait headlines for profit?
We’ve veered off far, so let’s bring it back...
To conclude, no matter how programmed one’s mind may be, it can always be “reframed”. Thinking and perception can always be altered.
Re-framing one’s mind may include focusing on individual actions (things you can change) instead of national events (things you can’t change). It’s more important than ever to identify attitude and energy as vitally crucial to not only success – but longevity and efficacy.
Many Americans are simply OK with being told how and what to think, falling prey to believing that anyone has that moral authority over them.
If a potential re-framing is to have any integrity to it, the urge and will to break the conditioning and re-take your own mind can only come from within, only when one decides they are ready for such metamorphosis.
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