“Yet it seems, at times, bizarrely unaware that many of those notions were meant to be dystopian or satirical – dismal visions of where our worst and dumbest habits could lead us.”

They are very aware. They’re just counting on the bulk of John Q. being unaware, because they’ve steadily been dismantling the already woefully inadequate public school system and replacing people reading books with short-attention span, dopamine hit inducing low-brow social media and television programming.

.ca gov is toeing the line so far.

Aged like milk

https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-ceo-car-death

IRL as well.

Some do. Most are still busy swallowing their own government propaganda. And it’s hard to spot when we’re bombarded from birth and (excuse the well-worn cliché) the memory hole has become an ever-expanding black hole.

Some Lemmy users got it covered.

The wheel in the sky keeps on turning. I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow…

It may not be justified but it’s basic neuropsychology. Address the causes, address the behavior, address psychology.

I don’t see them saying that.

just as it is possible for someone to not be capable of understanding the feelings of another person.

And there are healthier ways to address that.

You aren’t wrong, and I will appreciate a society that moves from retribution to rehabilitation, in fact rather than rhetoric. As you can see from the comments, we have plenty of work to do, but it has to start with ourselves before the outer world can catch up.

Everyone can do their part by working on themselves, though.

https://www.rmeoc.org/programs/drivers-coop-colorado/

And on death and decay.

I wish I’d started with the parent religion, but aspects of gnosticism and hermeticism actually prepared me to begin to understand it, lol. It’s a new journey.

Walpurgisnacht Celebration

Here, it used to be your house got egged or trees/shrubs tp’d

It’s a dystopian government’s dream.

ICC can issue warrants. Afaik, contract waiving legal requirements are null and void. I know it requires states to actually uphold the law and detain the accused, but empires fall.

I’ve not read ( indeed haven’t heard of him until your post) Barruel and tend to dismiss satanic panic types out of hand, in general.

Yes, that Duquette, and I’m not familiar with him exaggerating, but I’m definitely interested in any material about that you care to provide. He does make a living on book sales, after all, so there’s definitely room for incentive. I stumbled across both him and Hall quite accidentally and incidentally, in my wanderings. He’s funny and entertaining.

Hall is definitely… interesting, with an interesting backstory. He also made a living selling books, so he also had incentive to exaggerate and take liberties.

Still, in looking into what the two I mentioned had to say on the subject, I couldn’t disprove it. I’m interested in anything you can point me toward, and grateful for it.

https://www.curlynikki.com/15-best-silk-bonnet-for-sleeping.html

Eta not just sleeping, hydration, damage reduction