The “Permanent Outrage Personality” problem begins when political anger stops being a reaction to events and becomes a full-time identity, entertainment product, and business model.
The “Rage Bait Economy” problem begins when influencers, media personalities, activists, and online creators discover that emotional escalation generates more clicks, more engagement, and more money than calm truth ever will.
A lot of “obvious” questions on X are not looking for answers. They are fishing for ego, outrage, correction, and free engagement. On X, a stupid question is often not a question at all. It is a mousetrap. You have seen the format. A painfully obvious image.A brain-dead multiple choice.A child-level math problem.A caption that … Read more