02-17-2021, 12:34 PM
Mr Who, since you are here let me tell you that I liked your expression "negative delight". However I am not sure you meant it the way I understood it lol.
When I read it I was reminded of the term "fear porn", bc that also can generate some kind of delight. You know, like on the subject of conspiracy theories that are fear-based it can cause one to find some kind of perverted pleasure indulging in them and all the evils of the world.
There is fear on both sides of the subject though - the fear of covid in the people who regularly watch Tv and all the "special editions" where they talk about latest mutations, horror stories of people who had really bad covid, death tolls etc.
The conspiracy fears center more about fear of the vaccine and what it can do, fear of state restrictions and countries descending into some kind of health fascism etc.
We should never forget that all this is part of the illusion and provides excellent catalyst. As can be amply demonstrated by the discussions on the subject
When I read it I was reminded of the term "fear porn", bc that also can generate some kind of delight. You know, like on the subject of conspiracy theories that are fear-based it can cause one to find some kind of perverted pleasure indulging in them and all the evils of the world.
There is fear on both sides of the subject though - the fear of covid in the people who regularly watch Tv and all the "special editions" where they talk about latest mutations, horror stories of people who had really bad covid, death tolls etc.
The conspiracy fears center more about fear of the vaccine and what it can do, fear of state restrictions and countries descending into some kind of health fascism etc.
We should never forget that all this is part of the illusion and provides excellent catalyst. As can be amply demonstrated by the discussions on the subject