I agree wholeheartedly. A lot of this information is published in a spirit of wishful thinking that if the public just knew about some obvious injustice, they’d get mad and organize against it, but the reality is that most people don’t have the time or energy to write a letter to their senator for each of the 10 or 12 appalling things that show up in their feeds every morning. When you constantly overload people with narratives of plundering plutocrats and ignorant masses, all it does is make them feel even more helpless and alienated.
We all know the system is bent. Our collective indignation has been maxed out already. What we need are stories that invite us to participate in some kind of solution. The 60’s counterculture worked because it didn’t just try to suck you in with guilt and indignation. It offered an antidote—a community based upon values that you shared—and, not incidentally, a heck of a lot of fun. We need to stop wasting our energy making each other aware of how bad everything is, and start looking for alternatives that we can all join in together.
