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I remember being called a reactionary naysayer like, 8 years ago, because i told that this would happen.

A lot of people don't like negativity so strongly that they'd rather be screwed over than have to consider the possibility that something bad is happening.

A lot of people don't like idealism so strongly that they'd rather stick with old hardware over the newest hyped-to-death shit.

Just in case it isn't clear, I wouldn't have called you reactionary or paranoid back then because I would have agreed with you. Its just sad that others choose not to open their eyes.

We'll see a lot more 'conspiracy theories' proving out to be perfect practices in the near future, and the funniest thing is that none of those who label critically thinking people as tinfoil hats would admit their fallacy, on the contrary - they'll be ardently asserting that they 'definitely saw it coming' too!

Cognitive dissonance is a scary thing, makes people doublethink by repressing the conflict between expectation and observation into the subconscious.

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