No.323621
Like many spergs, I was interested in politics since I was young. How ironic, autists study politics, but sociopaths do politics. Anyway.
Most of us are pacified by the elites and given copes to stop complaining. I do believe that nerd culture (bibeo games, Fanko Pops, Star Wars, all that shit) in the 10s was astroturfed by the CIA or some other agency like that to shift the zeitgeist from actually important questions to "Kennedy ruined muh Star Wars" or some other shit. There is no other reason for normies to be interested in fucking Marvel movies, which are such a clear psyop to brainwash the population.
You could see it in popular media too. The goal is to make us live through the rebellion on the screen instead of doing it ourselves. Take the Hunger Games, Star Wars, any piece of media made in the 10s, it's all about sticking it to the big man. It must be inspiring, right? No! We basically see it on the screen, our sense of righteousness is satisfied, and we can go back to gooning to trap porn or whatever.
Additionally, GamerGate (yes, we are going to talk about that) was a way to create controlled opposition on the right and on the left both. They took gamers and forced them to "care" about politics, but this "caring" extended only to shitting on boobs in video games/lack of boobs in video games. It is as if the political charge of the youth was diverted to arguing over the latest balwashed character in YouTube comment session.
There is just no reason for normies to care about video games, but video games are at their peak of popularity. Why? Before, they were the domain of nerds. Now, norms sweat in DOTA 2 or whatever for 3000 of hours. It's clearly a push to divert their attention in the virtual world. And by virtual world I don't mean communities where people can connect and plan together.
Ever wondered why "for you" page exists and why its so different for all people? To divide the population. Nowadays, the algorithm exists to create those small bubbles where people barely interact with anything that doesn't fit their worldview and creates safe spaces of familiar information which doesn't challenge but dulls the mind.(READ THE RULES)
No.323622
Good thing Wojaks aren't banned here or you'd be so dead right now
No.323625
I asked myself the same question. I was into comic books a bit and sometimes I'd ask who the hell cares about this story arc other than the 19,000 nerds (in total on the planet of 8 billion people) that picked this issue up at the comic shop? Then all of the sudden capeshit was printing billions $$ on the screen and normies were discussing the whateververse like it meant something - it didn't seem organic at all.
No.323627
>>323625The comic book industry died 40 years ago and currently its corpse is being artificially sustained in a heated pool of hemolymph and reptile cum. Comics don't profit from sales because there aren't enough sales to offset even the small cost of printing. Instead the publishers pay the writers a set salary to produce N amount of comics per year, and then companies of all kinds pay a lot to have their ads placed in those comics. I was blown away when I looked at actual modern comic books in person and saw how many ads there were. 3 pages of comic, 1 full-page ad for car insurance or deodorant or something. The companies that get their ads in can then write off their expenses as tax deductions because their ads are contributing to a medium that is legally considered independent-driven and granted special tax privileges because it (was) a means for small artists and studios to contribute to culture.
No.323649
There was a whole thread on this on /dep/ called the End of the Wizards. Might still be in the archives.
No.323652
It stems from Occupy Wall Street event that had "99% includes the police" banners included. Some revolutionary had had attempted to use the Internet to spark a revolution, using flashmob mechanics or whatever. After this little incident, the 1% were busy doing their divide et empera moves.
No.323693
>(READ THE RULES)
boo, let him talk so he may refine his communication skill and get better at it. i thought it was interesting.
there are plenty of places that squash revolutionary energy, there is no need for you to pile on.
No.323694
>>323693He was frogposting.
No.323793
>>323621Here it is OP -
https://wizchan.org/dep/featured/res/285412.htmlIt's called "Death of the Uncool"
>>323694It's insane that we've been stucked with pepe and wojak for more than a decade. Just endless variations.
No.323797
I think you have it backwards, too much people started abandoning the sterile, propagandised, corporate entertainment and started seeking out more subculture stuff like nerd culture. What you are seeing is the machine and the glowies trying to cling to their relevance by embracng this shift and make it more soulless and normie-like with them in charge.