RE: This dark, malevolent shadow...
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I feel like America is the frontline of a battleground right now and a precursor to what we'll see in the rest of the western world if we don't find a way to wake up to this divisiveness and manipulation. It's clear that bots and mainstream media are amplifying the extreme ideologies but are also converting moderates into extremists. It's disgusting to witness so many people celebrating this murder. It's made me think differently of some people that I once respected. I believe there will be a day of reckoning for those on the right and the left who allow themselves to sink to these almost sub-human levels of intellect and existence. It's so easy for people to forget that anything they post online is forever.
I worry so, as well. That America is just the beginning. Though to be fair, Europe is going through its own dark era as well, but I believe less is said about that. I'm seeing so much stuff about violence and assault happening here and being covered up. It's freaky.
The sheer inhumanity of celebrating a man being murdered in front of his little girl is to me mind-blowing. A sign that there really is evil walking among us (and I've been wary so far of people using these kinds of phrases, but now, I genuinely don't know how else to explain it).
Oh yes, I'm seeing a lot of trouble brewing in Europe too. According to The Fourth Turning there's always a lot of chaos in the early stages of great societal transformations. I think that could be what we're experiencing now. Have you read that book?
Yes, there's not excuse for that kind of callous behavior. It's definitely evil, mental illness to be sure. I abhor how loosely the terms Nazi and Fascist are thrown around these days. I really do feel like people will experience some kind of backlash at some point for joining in this madness.