@Flick I was watching the Critical Drinker on YouTube, and he made the point that cinema isn't enjoyable anymore because they try to use their movie as a way to "teach" you something rather than tell a story. Every film needs to drive in some moral conviction on the viewer instead of just telling a story.

I think this post relates to that because companies are doing the same thing. You can't just go out and buy something...no, now there's a "message" you need to learn from their product. And 99% of the time, that message is to make you feel guilty and bigoted.

Media, companies, etc. need to understand that people just want to be left alone. Most people don't want some politics thrown in their face when they're watching a football game. But then you say that and you're some privileged bigot for not caring about whatever group is deemed the biggest victim that day. It's really hardened many people and the guilt used on us who try to ignore it only gets people angrier, then they pull the old bait and switch when you get angry and say "why do you care so much?" I don't know, maybe because I can't even go to the grocery store without seeing something about climate change, trannies, or BLM anymore. AND they want to push these "morals" on children - which only stresses them out because they're powerless to really do anything about it.

It's all creating extremists on both sides and it's a big reason I feel like society is failing now.