Part of the doom porn love fest is attributable to “engagement.” That is, sensational and usually negative “news” gets clicks and attention and (ultimately) drives advertising revenue. Social media thrives on that mental hook. You can see it in FR - stories that are positive don’t get nearly as many posters as doom pr0n.
The other element at play is “alternative media” becoming more trusted by Deplorables simply because it’s alternative. Fair enough - we’ve been poked and punched and gaslighted bigly by the Authorities for a long time, most notably during the pandemic. But that “alternative media,” in general, sucks bigly. Gateway Pundit, Slay News, et al are chock full of reposted garbage void of facts.
Add to this mix that these Alternatives are also pushing engagement/fear. The result is formerly rational Americans lapping up stupid stories, like everyone who’s been vaxxed will die in 3.4 years or Klaus Schwab said he will eat grandma to stop climate change.
I get it. The press and leftists want you to think it’s 1937 and Trump et al are Hitler. This is their moment to prove to history that, unlike the German citizenry back then, THEY are smarter and will stop “evil.” It’s a very narcissistic mindset. It’s also BS. And we know it.
At the same time, the jar-shakers want us red ants to believe that Bidet is Stalin and if he’s re-elected our guns will be taken while your daughters will eat bugs and sons will wear a dress.
Now, I know dementia when I see it, and the ultra-leftists are truly disturbing. Never say never.
However, to embrace this surrender fantasy requires that we embrace despair, a lack of self-determination, and that WE are in the majority. And yet, more and more alleged conservatives have become Eeyores, many of them typing bravely about CWII from their Mom’s basement.
Or, they’re paid provocateurs.