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Plenty happens, but: 1. Events, including big ones like 9/11, don't unfold like in the movies as even direct consequences are often far removed. 2. Pax Americ
by acuozzo 1y ago
Plenty happens, but:
1. Events, including big ones like 9/11, don't unfold like in the movies as even direct consequences are often far removed.
2. Pax Americana + Hypernormalization + Cheap Food + Digital Escapism = a drug which convinces its users of neverending stability and order.
- churchill 1y agoThat's basically the point the meme is making. It's not arguing that nothing literally happens in spacetime; it just asserts that we rarely, if ever, see events that fundamentally change the world from its slugging baseline.