Agreed. It actually terrifies me, because the implications are huge on a cultural level with regards to feelings of autonomy, ability to ascertain when rules or social conditionings are inherently detrimental and should be ignored (or outright fought against), not to mention the erosion of critical thinking, the rampant dopamine regulation issues that’ll follow the youngest members of society potentially for life, etc.

I am EXTREMELY worried for the young gen Z/gen Alpha cohort, as this kind of thing already seems so deeply-ingrained in their attitudes and acceptance of, quite frankly, bullshit corporate-driven cleanspeak, that I’m certain future governments are just rubbing their hands together waiting for an era where passing oppressive speech restrictions and destructive online privacy policies will be a certainty, assuming that by voting age, the youngest among us don’t realize what they’re unknowingly being influenced by and push back against it.

I know this post comes off as alarmist, but people have to realize that massive cultural shifts take place after, what at the time seem to be unimportant social attitudes or opinions, begin to take hold of a generation… and I’m personally very, very worried.