What do you think of society now?

@Abstraction Peasants is a term for it. These days, like many old, are hinged upon emotions. What do you think gave rise to conspiracy? It's just taking different forms now, one could say the myth a woman is subservient to a man, in gender roles, was a great conspiracy. We have fewer women in rage now from being reduced this way. Maybe, it's the balance shifting? Be careful with societal, cultural ideas in thought, as the age gap between men and women in death is reducing. Social media is hardly of any use in trying to find a pulse, or metronome of society.

@Abstraction reading some of the things that are posted on SW, and feeling the anger and retribution if I fact check them, it makes me wonder if fiction will eventually outweigh truth for the majority.
And that would be the return of the Dark Ages.

@robingoodfellow I'll take fiction over what I see expressed at moments, but it's not from not wanting to fact check, it's more some are just better at writing the human condition. I'd suspect Shakespeare helped the human condition, for example.

@Abstraction ' What's the difference between that and many on SW, for instance.'

Well a lack of education and access to information is no longer an excuse for the type of ignorance we witness now. These people are fools who like to pretend they are privvy to seem deeper knowledge than the rest of us. They are either too stupid to realise they are being manipulated or they are so attention seeking that they will repeat just about anything if they think it might elicit a response. Personally , I'm done with arguing with them about anything of substance. Contempt is all I have left to offer them now.