TheDarkRayne
Synthetic States
Social media platforms have become rage machines.
Outrage is profitable, it keeps people scrolling. Conflict drives engagement. Algorithms reward whatever divides us fastest & loudest. Nuance & solidarity go unnoticed.
They algorithmically manufacture our emotions.
No time to feel, no time to think. Emotions are triggered, drained, and discarded on a over & over until we are numb, exhausted, and easy to manipulate.
While we fight each other over engineered narratives, power stays untouched. We get pushed into endless culture wars so we never look up and see the class war happening in plain sight. Billionaires don't need to silence us. They just need us to be divided, distracted, & blaming each other while they burn the earth & suck every resource dry.
They push products on us, consumption becomes self expression. There's an illusion of power, while real power and real change remain out of reach.
Divide people. Drain emotions. Sell comfort. Extract resources. Repeat.
- ArtistTheDarkRayne