Don't worry, it was good to read - and it also comforted me a little, that I'm not alone in this mess
I think you are right - I also do feel that people in society tend to become more stupid - where "stupid" means not having a low IQ (well, it is a factor, but not the only one because that would be a discrimination for people with low IQ ), but rather having the illusion that you know things better than you actually do ... a lack of reflexion ... this, together with the rise of "persecution / hate towards people who think differently" (which has its roots in the same corner imo - because people with other opinions rather should make you reflect) is one of the two main worrying trends
I think we have a crisis on three sides here ... "the triangle of evil":
- Health crisis ... such as people getting sick real bad on Covid-19
- Economic crisis ... such as businesses closing, money printing ... where should this all go?
- A crisis of the personal side of society ... such as people getting more stupid, more full of hate, more caught in their filter bubbles...
It's not gonna end well if we are not careful