honestly i think the most effective way to lead people away from this digitally-induced culture of self pity, and helplessness, and refusal to take responsibility, is the realization that this hurts no one but them and serves others
and also no one is coming to save you
like if you want to look at short form video or etc all day and deny that it's a problem or deny that you have any hand in it, that's fine. you have free will. if you want to respond to every problem in your life with "someone should intervene" that is your right. but the more you do that, the more you shift your locus of control outward and the more you undercut your own innate ability to change your circumstances
and you are going to fall behind people who aren't doing that. they are going to get ahead of you. they are going to date each other and get married. they are going to take your dream job and your dream opportunities. they are going to make the friends you would have otherwise made. while you lie there they are working to get the things you want and they are going to take your place in the real world. time is passing
the billionaires who have gotten you addicted to this shit are going to suck the life out of you for a little bit of money and you are helping them. they don't care if they waste 10 of the most important years of your life. they don't care if they steal your time. they're making money off of it. if anyone comes to stop them they're going to come too late. and you will pay. no one else is paying your specific price. if we killed them all tomorrow it wouldn't give you years of your life back. only you can do this
