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It's easy to read Nextdoor or Citizen app, and be very afraid of your neighbor in the US. Gang violence and drugs and guns. Being nice to each other doesn't ril
by fragmede 4mo ago
It's easy to read Nextdoor or Citizen app, and be very afraid of your neighbor in the US. Gang violence and drugs and guns. Being nice to each other doesn't rile us up in the same way, get me at my keyboard ready to leave a nasty comment online. So fear and anger is pushed online, where attention leads to clicks which leads to ad money for the site. It's a viscous cycle.
Just down the street from me they just started up a very cute nice community garden. I thought oh that's nice and had a smile and didn't jump on Nextdoor to tell someone off. I just sat and thought to myself, that's nice.
So don't let the Internet warp your view of the world by spending too much time here (of which I'm definitely guilty). Touch grass, as the kids say. The US collapse will be livestreamed, but that's just going to be the producers take on reality and not actually the situation on the ground.
- yogthos 4mo agoThe anger doesn't come from the internet, which is just an outlet. What's driving the anger is the decline in living standards as more and more people are pushed to the brink economically. Majority of the population is barely making ends meet while being crushed by debt. The richest 20% of American consumers made up 50% of spending, that means most people are so strapped for cash they can only afford the essentials. That's the situation on the ground for you. https://fortune.com/2026/06/26/richest-consumers-powering-us-economy-stock-price-bubble-concern/ https://fortune.com/2026/06/26/richest-consumers-powering-us... As the saying goes, every society is three hot meals away from chaos.