The adventures of a person on the web are defined by how many registrations they associate to their main email accounts. While that’s basic logics, nobody even agrees. But who the fuck expected them to? It’s 2023. People are suddenly comparing the green energy mythological creature who does not like elephants but has a suggestive name to a turkey — but he’s not sitting with Erdogan.

Of course: conflicts from the East are just beginning to be clarified. We had a Cold War, and a deep ideological battle over what capitalism represented against communism and socialism. Bernie Sanders, the man who fought all his life to be independent, defends this notion of “democratic socialism”. In Brazil, we have “socialism and freedom”. Similar movements, but not quite. Have you noticed how part of the Left is saying that “you should just pay what you owe” while at the same time calling Biden’s administration centrist or bipartisan at the time when he tries to pass student debt forgiveness? They’re also interested to know what the Ukraine deal was in his son’s dealings, but like, whatever. Everyone’s sure he wasn’t there to buy tanks and ship to Washington. It’s the other way around — or is it? Why are we still stuck on this century-old philosophy of land ownership?

Well, it’s not just the land. It’s the entire ecosystem. And when something like a startup from the EU makes it to Bloomberg’s radar, it’s a whole thing. Hordern has one opinion, Burger has another, Lisa talks way too fast for a human being to follow. And this ecosystem is not ecofriendly: when you have things like Credit Suisse being bought going on while everyone wait for a position of the ECB (European Central Bank, not Environmental Credit Beneficiaries) on inflation and the like (as in “related subjects”, not the icons social media created), we have to look at a dynamics of businesses swallowing up other businesses.

Supply and demand? Improvement and growth mindset? Damage control? Redistribution of wealth? What’s going on? Every day, the common citizen formulates theories, and big people talk big — with the emptiest words in the English language, which are all in financial jargon. But let’s face it: when rich people are “bored” (such an empty word), what do they do, huh? Doesn’t everyone want to know?

Donald Trump was a guy who gave a free pass for American corporations to spend, profit at large and not pay taxes, in a “patriotic” policy. That was part of the “trade war” with China — reminder: when they were developing operational systems at Huawei, which led to a ban; in the midst of TikTok’s creation; with the whole chips demand still to come. But after a succession of “camera, TV” declarations, “inject bleach” suggestions and “both sides” propositions, people weren’t calling him out at large. Okay, they totally were; but we, normal people, we all have to deal with the acquaintances who say “well, but what about that one thing?” — cause look, everyone, grabbing by the pussy is actually a thing.

If the discussion is among adults, they’ll look at entertainment in raw, dating websites and apps, adult websites (there are no adult apps, are there?) and the fact that streaming culture has gained ground upon the lonely souls of the world, accepting and recruiting people to live in front of the camera as intensely as they can — like it’s some kind of duty. It’s an inverted perspective of human rights. Your duty should be to take care of yourself and your loved ones the best you can; but if you can’t find a way, go ahead and turn on that webcam, searching for people who will show you the way. Is this Florida law?

Apparently, we can’t propose that students are forgiven for spending time on camera instead of working on their essays. The Federal Government thinks that’s fundamentally wrong — to be accurate, the majority of Congress. The name Kevin McCarthy comes up. I wonder where they draw the line, when they make comparisons, honestly. Brazil has a Minister of Human Rights, Sílvio Almeida. Does the US? I’ve only heard of Anthony Blinken and Jennet Yellen.

So we are definitely different. But to explain all that to a teenager who’s ran out of games to play on their phone, doesn’t even pick a book to read ever, doesn’t have any fucking friends and wants to tease people by asking which political figure they prefer, because they happened to learn that politics is a branch of fame? Hold on a second, brother.

The GOP has an interest in media just like the Democratic Party — but hey, not quite. Go check out Inequality Media, by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. You might learn some useful stuff — sad truths, but principles that might wanna make you organize better in life, establish goals, have clear determination. How successful a social media campaign will be is one thing. How much you can ruin a successful social media campaign is another. And it’s about time people learn the difference.