Movies give the impression that living through the purge is nonstop terror and death, but it's really not like that. Most days are just kind of dull. Then you see a purge happen and it's really horrifying, but eventually you calm back down and get back to your life
In the most frustrating moments, no matter what is happening, never become radicalized against people. Become radicalized against the problem domain. Hate the sin, hate the conditions that made sinners out of us, but love people.
Besides that, individuals have responsibility; crowds have incentives. When dealing with people en masse, you solve the problems inherent in system, not the behaviors of a single person.
When I say that the problems of internet outrage are structurally baked into the software, it's not because I'm trying to say that people problems are solved by tech
I'm saying that I don't believe that humans are predestined to behave as badly as they do on the Internet. It's a load bearing hope.
And perhaps tangibly it is. They have been able to affect change at the national level by demanding to see the manager on the Internet. Creating a system which instead requires them to do the work of ownership is truly repugnant
Consumerism is kind of undeniably a political system, and we get twisted because of that unacknowledged frame
People have tangibly expressed more political power as a customer than they ever have with voting. It comes off as learned helplessness that they can’t perceive themselves as anything else
