Lately I’ve been thinking that what it is, is people trying to eliminate that overwhelming sense of existential dread which springs from all of this, by buying into it, just like fascists do- “if I join them they won’t come for me”. They start telling themselves that “maybe it’s for the best”, that “maybe good things will come of it”, and once someone makes that jump it’s easy for them to become zealous or fanatic, not only because it gives them an even greater sense of empowerment because they’re now part of an ingroup or a club, but can also get off even more on perceived moral or intellectual supremacy over others.

These are extremely uncertain times, and uncertainty makes human scared and anxious, and scared anxious humans latch on to anything that gets them out of those feelings, in this case like surrendering before this gargantuan machine that they can neither understand nor control.

It’s like with cultists. They crave the comfort of someone telling them what the truth is, to give them certainty. I don’t know, something I thought about.