In this year marked by a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and above all, democratic rights tossed into the trash, we mere mortals are burning up more and more as individuals with deep-rooted moral delusions—not from the high fever caused by the dangerous virus, but from our own delusion.
But the problem is not access to the information itself; rather, the problem lies in its oversupply and consumption from “contaminated” sources. The theory that information is both a means of progress and a source of mediocrity proves its point in times like these, and demonstrates how access to electronic media has negatively altered public ideology, behavior, and thinking. Information is simultaneously a means of progress and a form of mental degradation in contemporary society.
Finding reliable information and uncovering the truth in the chaotic digital environment—a truth grounded in moral and ethical values—has become a huge challenge for us young people.
The sages would say, “Don’t look for the answer with your mind; feel it instead.”
Friedrich Nietzsche devoted many years to searching for the answer to this seemingly simple question and came to the conclusion that there are no facts—only interpretations.
In other words, according to Nietzsche, limiting life to a single dominant interpretation is a weakness, whereas recognizing the possibility of a multitude of interchangeable and expanding
The breadth of its interpretations is a sign of vitality and strength.
In practice, however, the opposite happens—the more facts we know, the more we seem to lose ourselves in their interpretations. Another well-known saying goes, “The truth lies somewhere in the middle,” and this is the most universal model for verifying the truth, but the truth is, above all, a word spoken by honest people whose interpretations overlap.
Delusion is both a weakness and a vice, but no greater than indifference. In recent years, we have failed as a society and have long suffered from a pathological empathy toward what is happening to our country.
Every society fails as such under the blows of an incompetent government that exercises its power and control under the guise of rosy Western democracy. And this is a vice that seems to be deepening over time, because in recent months we have witnessed a demonization of people from various social strata, and it appears that their opinions and freedom of speech are being stifled, which in turn provokes a great deal of unwanted outcry and unnecessary noise.
On the other hand, the fragmentation of societies is perpetuated by dividing people into social castes: Black people, gay men, lesbians, the illiterate, the poor, the rich, and the weak.
The truth is that this is nothing more than an act of submission and a key instrument of control, because when we, the people, are weak, we serve the government better and uphold its unchallenged authority and power—a power that is hungry for control and money.
But to understand the truth, you need a sound mind, because the same red blood flows through the bodies of all people and in their veins, and we all have the same need for fresh air and sunshine to live well. We all experience fears, feelings, and emotions that are very similar.
The media has become a weapon against people and operates on a psychological level—what to eat, what medicines to buy, which restaurants to go to, what and whom to believe? The media has stolen people’s virtues and values for MONEY!
Why do we hear less and less about people working for causes that benefit society, unless we go out of our way to seek them out? Think about it. Why have the media and journalism become a tool for poor-quality politics and a platform for destroying dreams?
Unfortunately, I see more and more tired, passive young people who have no desire to see change or to be the change themselves, no desire to work, trapped in the prison of their own beliefs and delusions, and waiting for something to fall into their laps. But this is a social phenomenon among the so-called “burned-out youth.” In practice, these are people who don’t know how to practice social minimalism, because people who are motivated find a way to focus in a specific direction and seek the truth amid the deluge of information; they develop their own social know-how to filter out all the unnecessary nonsense that drains them in their online and offline micro-communities, without this making them introverts.
We have just unwittingly witnessed a scandalous scene from the bedroom of a well-known Bulgarian head of state, a scene that is making its way around the world and bringing shame upon this millennia-old Bulgarian history—a symbol of our national pride, upon which we as a nation have relied for so many years—and this is proof enough of the deep slumber into which our society has fallen. The greatest virus in a social community is the folly of being misled; yet the even deeper—and at the same time more difficult and demanding—awakening lies in reality: our deprivation of freedom, quality media, the maintenance of constant control, and economic exploitation—is a clear and certain precursor to modern slavery.
But how can such a slumbering people be awakened?
Die or get better! That’s the simple motto that drives every positive action.
An extreme whose end is near.
