The USA is in hope-to-die addict spiral mode. The bottom is still years out

Salvation can still be yours.

With internet-era nonconsent, coercion, and fraud culture now universally embedded in the American psyche, we are headed towards years of brutality. If you didn’t grow up around brutality, or were in denial about it, you are not going to know what to do as things degenerate. And even if you did, you may now be too old.

This is not a partisan political phenomenon, and that’s one reason this situation has careened without intervention towards intractable. It’s in the full spectrum of our politics so no solution can present itself; only feuding results. Like a hope-to-die, suicide-path addict, the USA refuses to get truly honest, so it’s hellbent on functional collapse to force change. This is the essence of immaturity; it’s the adolescent’s method.

What we’re looking at is the equivalent of Harvey Weinstein’s last, desperate gasp, but on the macrosocial scale. That’s likely to take a while still: resources will have to continue to drain first. Stonewalling may become even more rampant, as compounded falsity can make it one of the only available options. Wide is the entrance, and narrow is the exit, in this cultural funnel.

Truth be told, it isn’t just America: other hyperpolarized nations are in similar straits, enough to probably be concerned for the entire world. The tragic fact of the matter is, with the way things are, you may be slanting towards hyperpolarized, aggressive and brutal yourself, or otherwise mentally unwell. The pandemic was not kind to us, and people are not being honest with themselves.

Many people will continue to avoid, dispute, and deny, until it’s too late. They may have to: they’re overleveraged on decades of falsity and with few options. It’s unlikely paranoia tactics like clustering in enclaves will work very well in this context. Cliques are already miserable from the pandemic and are often compromised, anyway.

Stick to the safety and brilliance of true diversity and put your faith in those who’ve earned it. Salvation can be yours. I can attest to that, and I feel entirely detached and simply observant.

Good luck and do not discount the power of love, as trite as that may sound ▪️