Absolutely this. In the old days, perverts would go to a park and flash at kids, now they’ve got huge networks of fellow sickos swapping children and vile media, all at their fingertips.
Drug dealers would have to get on a plane and go to Columbia or somewhere to negotiate their deals. Now it’s all done over encrochat channels without leaving the sofa. They buy drugs and guns like we’d do a Tesco order. Local dealers then sell it on by advertising on Snapchat with a phone number to order. Our kids see this stuff. It’s terrifying.
I agree about the porn. It was once mucky mags, or fairly soft core videos. Definitely not the hardcore stuff that’s prevalent today and has become normalised. The knock on effects on women are widespread. Even online dating has turned people into a commodity. It may be more efficient, but the whole ‘shopping’ approach is impersonal and devaluing.
SM puts so much pressure on us, and especially on our young people. Girls are expected to look like supermodels and ‘advertise’ themselves to potential friends or partners. They constantly compare themselves to others, and have terrible self-esteem, anxiety and FOMO.
We can’t relax. We’re bombarded with bad news 24/7. We’re always reachable. We feel guilt if we let a phone call ring out or don’t answer a message quickly. We feel pressure to spend money on stuff we can’t afford. We’re being spied on, and advertised to round the clock. We see others having these things and think that we should have them too.
We don’t have patience any more. We don’t know how to wait for anything. Everything is instant and many of us are burned out. Life is just too fast now. It’s no wonder we’re overwhelmed. But society makes out that we’re somehow neurologically or mentally deficient if we feel that way.
I really dislike modern life. Wars are being fought online, yet we’ve been brainwashed into turning a blind eye because it’s easier for us to do our shopping and banking.