While this can be tiresome for all, it's especially tiresome for people working for large institutions closely associated with the state apparatus. One wrong utterance and we're fired, and/or funding is denied.
The amount of cognitive energy spent on this nonsense is immense. It's so draining that entire departments can be completely disabled for days or weeks on end as everybody seek shelter from the outrage mob, triggered by some random comment.
While this can be unnerving for the state's subjects, it's pure brilliance seen from the perspective of citizens, because the less efficient the state becomes, the more freedom there is for us to enjoy. Completely preoccupied by a virus and a bunch of gender and race issues, the tax office is far less efficient these days than it used to be. Schools are forced to let parents home school. A lot of wiggle room has been created.
Outrage politics has set in motion a general trend. People are turning away from central institutions. Tired of the unpredictable and rabid nature of outrage politics, they seek alternatives outside the system.
The more the outrage mob gets involved in state affairs, the more people drift away. With bureaucrats preoccupied with silly issues, our freedoms expand. Far from becoming less free, we are gaining freedom. However, this applies only to those of us who reject party politics. Only we who refuse to play along are able to reap the benefits of what's going on. The rest will become increasingly angry and locked up in mindless rants. They will fail to profit from the freedoms that come with outrage politics.
No comments:
Post a Comment