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A Boring Dystopia
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This is basically one of the core arguments of HyperNormalisation, that post-collapse of the Soviet Union, the world has become too complex to change, so the West has kept itself stable through managed outcomes, predicting and avoiding risk. Anti-depressants are thus used to stabilise and manage emotions of individuals, pacifying them in the face of civilisational collapse
Thank you for sharing this with me. I hadn't heard of this theory or the documentary. As I read, this is everything I've been seeing; just people being ushered from work to home, shutting themselves off from the world to do meaningless busywork.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation#A_Cautionary_Tale Donald Trump jumpscare lol
For me, this documentary was the missing piece when trying to answer: "why does it seem like, in most liberal democracies, despite the revolving door of governments and parties in power, nothing changes".