Verbum caro factus est
As is so often the case
We have all demonstrably fallen prey
To the demons to whom we have prayed.
And to sloppy use of language.
Long before the Before Times,
There were sages and scholars
Who called themselves The Enlightenment.
They believed that rational, logical discourse
Could be relied upon to reach truth.
They believed that every argument should be heard,
And all evidence should be considered,
And processed logically by all
In order to reach a reliable collective judgement of truth.
They believed in freedom of discourse,
But they wrote "freedom of speech".
They believed that people were basically reasonable,
And that irrational or unreasonable speech would always excise itself
In the face of rational reproof.
They believed that just as the fittest species survive,
The most logical and realistic ideas would overcome the lesser.
Then came the most total fruition of their dreams:
A public medium that truly enabled every last person
Regardless of source or station
To assert the ideas that amused them.
And freedom of Speech meant freedom to shout whatever.
And ideas came to be judged not on factuality or rationality,
But rather on how outrageous and offensive they were.
And the worst of people, the ones known as Trolls
Became the leaders of all speech (no longer worthy of the name "discourse")
Memes replaced evidence. Shouting replaced argument.
Anyone who still wanted to talk facts or logic
Was shouted down and silenced by the charge of "PC"-ness.
And now the cost of this change, perhaps 30-40 years in the making,
Has fallen on us.
Millions were slaughtered by a fully preventable disease
Because people believed internet memes over fact.
The world's largest (maybe) nuclear superpower
Just abruptly dismissed most of the people who guard its nuclear weapons
For the smug satisfaction of firing employees and destroying careers.
And instead of discussing actual political, economic, or philosophical ideas,
The public square now consists only of a contest
Of cartoons of some stupid frog thing.
That's all there is to say, OMGLOL GTFO
Civilization destroyed itself in terror of being woke.
The frog thing says: Press * to enable AI to create your thoughts for you.
Kek Kek
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