For what it's worth, I too think this whole thing has felt like a test.
Like with most tests, I tend to think that there were degrees of success and failure. Some people failed spectacularly, using covid as an excuse to exercise their worst impulses and act horribly. Other people - and these are the kind I was talking about here - also failed, but less dramatically. Growing up isn't always easy; to achieve true maturity, you have to be willing to question what you've been told and to interrogate the legitimacy of the authorities you were always told to trust. A lot of people fell down on this test not because they wanted any excuse to act like jerks, but because they were just far too comfortable and lazy to do the hard work of asking questions and finding answers they might not like. It's just easier to keep believing what you were told to believe, trusting who you were told to trust, and not leaving your comfortable little nest of childish illusion about how the world works. The blue pill is the easier choice, and a lot of people picked it.
I imagine there will be degrees of consequences as well. I do hope that the people who failed out of childishness will be given another shot in their next incarnation at making the choice to grow up.
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Date: 2023-05-09 04:55 am (UTC)Like with most tests, I tend to think that there were degrees of success and failure. Some people failed spectacularly, using covid as an excuse to exercise their worst impulses and act horribly. Other people - and these are the kind I was talking about here - also failed, but less dramatically. Growing up isn't always easy; to achieve true maturity, you have to be willing to question what you've been told and to interrogate the legitimacy of the authorities you were always told to trust. A lot of people fell down on this test not because they wanted any excuse to act like jerks, but because they were just far too comfortable and lazy to do the hard work of asking questions and finding answers they might not like. It's just easier to keep believing what you were told to believe, trusting who you were told to trust, and not leaving your comfortable little nest of childish illusion about how the world works. The blue pill is the easier choice, and a lot of people picked it.
I imagine there will be degrees of consequences as well. I do hope that the people who failed out of childishness will be given another shot in their next incarnation at making the choice to grow up.