The Unraveling Threads of Society
You know what gets me? It's this whole business about how families used to be the center of everything. You had your folks, maybe some aunts and uncles sticking around, cousins you actually knew. If something went sideways, that's who you leaned on. They weren't always perfect, mind you, plenty of squabbles around the Thanksgiving table, but they were there. They were your bedrock.
Now? Seems like everyone's floating around like loose change. The government's got a program for this, an app for that. They want you to think they're taking care of everything, but really, it just cuts another string to the people who actually care about you. And don't even get me started on these big companies – you see their logos everywhere, plastered on everything we touch. They love it this way, don't they? No need to worry about pensions or health insurance for a whole family when you've got a million people working gigs, just chasing the next few baht to make rent. No commitment, no responsibility, just endless scrolling and clicking that makes them richer.
And what do people do? They bury their faces in these little screens, watching some kid dance for 15 seconds. Instant hit of happy, then back to… what? Another day of trying to make ends meet, another day further away from ever owning a place where you could actually, you know, build something, maybe even a family. So they get a cat. Nothing wrong with cats, mind you, we had a few good ones over the years. But a cat ain't exactly the same as raising a kid, is it? And dating? Forget about it. Easier to just swipe left and right until the novelty wears off. Why bother with the mess and the heartache when you can just stay home and watch another cat video?
It’s a neat little system, isn't it? Keeps everyone busy, keeps everyone distracted, and most importantly for them, keeps everyone… separate. Less talking to each other, less organizing, less of that civic stuff they used to go on about. Easier to control a bunch of individuals all staring at their phones than a community that looks out for each other.
We’ve become this… collection of individuals, all buzzing around, chasing the next little dopamine hit. You look at ants, the way they work together, the bees and their hive. They’ve got a system, a purpose. What’s our purpose anymore, besides clicking on ads and hoping our battery doesn't die before we get the next notification? I tell you what, we used to think we were so smart, the top of the food chain. Now? I’m not so sure we’re even as clever as a colony of ants. At least they know how to work together.