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Why does it feel like evil is winning globally?
Propaganda works.
We are now innundated with it. And the answer is not "anti-propaganda" although sometimes that helps a little.
The answer is everyone needs to learn how media works; How words and images and sounds form the world.
And to do that requires the help of media corporations.
Because history is cyclical, and at all times some forces are on the losing side of it. Back in the days when the left was more powerful, the right complained about winning evil. Now it's the other way around.
Note: this is not a "both sides" argument, I am left.
In some ways, evil is getting the upper hand at the moment, mostly brought on by moderates failing to address basic and fundamental problems forming in society due to being corporate captured.
However, we have a few options at our disposal to fight back:
If we put in the work, we can resist this and we can win. Don't become paralyzed with doubt and fear, march on and push as much you can. Together we're strong, separated we are weak. So join up with allies while we still can easily!
There's a season for everything, even for evil, but it won't last forever.
Because it is
Evil is not held back by scruples or moral boundaries. Evil people will do whatever they need to to succeed. That includes manipulating people, something which today's technology facilitates. Add to that the fact that for many people in developed countries, life is slowly getting worse instead of improving over the last few years. The frustration over that can easily be turned into hate against minorities, foreigners etc.
Scary book written in 1970 has proved to be incredibly prescient.
"Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler predicted that as the Digital Age moved forward, a lot of people would begin to lose their minds because they couldn't/wouldn't keep up with all the changes.
It's easy for bad people to offer an easy solution to people who have no idea how to handle it.
