Social Media’s Dark Turn: The Battle for Our Digital Souls
Diving headfirst into the digital abyss, we've all known that social media is a bottomless pit devouring our productive and cultural capacities. But the stakes have changed, and not for the better. Elon Musk's splashy acquisition of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg's unsettling allegiance to Trump's mantra of opinion over fact have sounded new alarms. We're at a crossroads in the virtual landscape—a place where the leaders of these digital empires, already swimming in oceans of cash thanks to a system that gives us little in return, stand poised to profit even more from our collective, guilty compliance.
Let's be honest: these social media moguls don't exactly embody the humanistic ideals of internationalism, openness, or culture. Their mission? Cold, hard cash, and they'll make any shady deal to get it. So, the question buzzes louder than ever: Do we really want to be their enablers, feeding the greed machine that's reshaping the very fabric of our society? Maybe it’s time to take a step back, scrutinize our involvement, and demand a shift toward platforms that value users over dollars—a revolution in ones and zeroes.