We’re influenced in so many more ways than we even realize it’s fucking scary. Today we make decisions based on a lot of other things that seem important but are very far removed from the internal thoughts and true decisions that would have been made if it were left solely up alone. These influences can come from anywhere but now with access to so many peoples opinions at the click of a button, it’s as if we removed part of our brain that we used to allow us to make decisions based on ourselves and our own thoughts against the evidence we know to be true.
Look no further than everything that’s taken place this year – infectious diseases, unwarranted killings of individuals by police, economies shut down, riots, etc. All of this has lead us into a false sense of community “we’re in this together” and a more uniformed approach of decision making. This removes any individualism whatsoever because the cancel-culture we’ve created makes it almost impossible to think rationally and objectively, while at the same time feel like we have the ability to speak freely. Today there is no room to be incorrect or unintentionally offensive and zero room to correct it and still contribute our thoughts with the intention of seeking the truth.
People today are so scared to think for themselves and it’s a disservice to everyone around them. Even if your thought is stupid, you should share it so we as a collective can evaluate it, test it and then report back to you that it is stupid. That’s not what has evolved over the last 8-9 months here in the US. We’ve shown how much we’re like sheep, how much we want to be lead – even if it’s by taking the wrong poster child, and we’ve also shown how ridiculously stupid we are because we’ve created an environment where we cannibalize our very own for saying anything that’s challenging or against the mass opinion at the moment.
If you stand up and say – All Lives Matter, now someone will jump in and say you’re a racist. Someone will say it’s not about YOU when in fact if you think about it long enough, shouldn’t the goal be that all lives do matter, and by approaching it with this mentality you really send the true message that is at the heart of this issue? Human life matters and what we want is equality yet we’ve once again, in the most twisted way, created more segregation because you didn’t “say it the right way.”
If you strike out on your own and provide a different vantage point in 2020 you’re shunned and typecasted into the shitty people group. We’ve become accustomed to the instalabeling -racist, bigot, Trump supporter etc, that will get you more than just “unfollowed” these days. We tend to do what the majority do because we don’t have the balls to speak up for us as individuals which is a tragedy of epic proportions when you think about it because this leads us to groupthink and kumbaya which doesn’t let the species progress in any fashion. We have no problem challenging leadership when it comes to the things we know instinctually i.e. on the matters of how one should handle relationships with females or what shouldn’t be said in a tweet. But when it comes to things out of our realm of understanding i.e. infectious diseases, biology, and the transmissions of those diseases, we leave our brain on the kitchen counter and follow along like good school children do when they’re told to.
It’s scary. Discussions look more like arguments these days than think tanks and you better watch out because if you say the wrong word or use something improperly that this coddled culture finds offensive, all of the work you’ve done to get to this point could be destroyed and you will be disposed of.