‘A pill to make you numb, a pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else.’
Boy watching TV for the first time in an appliance store window, 1948
I spoke to a mate of mine recently. Its been a few tough years for both of us. He is in therapy for CPTSD, as am I, but for radically different reasons. He has changed completely as a person, from a rational, reasonable person into a frothing Farage disciple. The therapy had nothing to do with that change. What has changed is his consumption of TV, 12 hours a day. Not the channels you might expect, such as RT, but mainstream British media: BBC, ITV etc. He truly believes Covid 19 was a Chinese creation, that the UK is over run by a fifth column of ‘immigrants’, who all get given a house and massive benefits. He wears a MAGA hat when he goes shopping.
I miss my friend, and I dont know what to say to the thing he has become.
The Musings Of Sardonicus 
I hate this for so many of us because it’s not just you. We see family and friends drinking the kool-aid. What is going on with human brains that we are so easily drifting into these conspiracy realms?? Wishing I had an answer for you.
Glad to see you out here in the web world though!
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I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope your friend’s condition reverses, for both your sakes. I wish this didn’t happen to people, but there it is.
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