Is this where we are headed? Pretty soon we will be a world of endless flame-wars. It works for Trump (someone I do not like) and it'll work for Musk (someone I

Is this where we are headed? Pretty soon we will be a world of endless flame-wars. It works for Trump (someone I do not like) and it'll work for Musk (someone I like). It might even work to the author of the article if they manage to gather as large of a following. I think this is a symptom of the effects of deindividuation. When your communications are always broadcast to a large group you get to feel like the head of an army but are actually closer to the ring-leader of a mob. One is able to justify saying whatever they want because that is where it ends for them, they have spoken their minds. In other words one is able to detach themselves from the ramifications of their words because those are other people carrying on the cause. To end my rant, instead of telling people to shut-up and grow up which is rarely effective, perhaps we can try to gain a deeper understanding of our society and the side-effects of the rapid changes taking place.