Monetisation of Outrage

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The FANG has monetised homo sapiens' natural addiction to outrage.

How would one go about inoculating the general populace against this ?

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Outrage was a cottage industry in the late 1960s in the US. It slowly faded in the 1970s and became a source of derision in the 1980s. Cf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude/Angry_Young_Man

Might be some lessons learned by talking to the elders of the time. It’s been long enough ago that the fires, and counterrevolutionary fires, have mellowed to nearly ashes. Might be nice to talk to some on both sides while they still know what year this is...getting them together might be even more insightful, as long as it isn’t inciteful.