10/08/2025
"Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar"
The quote may be old, but it's certainly not biblical. It's one thats theme has echoed through time. Sometimes the devil comes dressed in a fancy suit, sometimes he comes with the appearance of a helping hand... And sometimes, he comes dressed as a master of behavioral science and the architect of the modern day internet.
The algorithm is your new drug dealer, getting you high on poisonous unending rage bait. It's the digital dumpsterfire of a feed you doom scroll through, and it's engineered to move right past thinking brain, do not pass go, do not collect $200, and straight to engaging your lizard brain.
The devil's new business model is a very profitable lie: if we disagree, you're not just wrong, you're no longer my neighbor and you are evil. Left or right doesn't matter to him.
They mine your anger for data, condition venomous responses, put a leash on your nervous system, and laugh all the way to the bank each time they yank on the leash.
So grow a goddamn spine. "Check the facts" isnt some fluffy "good vibes only" nonsense. It’s a practical, behavioral tool for refusing to be their product. It’s the blade you use to cut the leash. Yes, when you disagree or aren't sure of something, but ALSO when you're certain you're right. They're tricking you in both directions.
This is a declaration of war for your own mind, but you are not the only soldier. Every person who refuses the bait, who chooses sanity over the scroll, helps tear a hole in their net. They cannot profit from our peace. They cannot build an empire on our empathy. Every leash we cut weakens the hand that holds them all.
It's time to starve the devil. Lord knows sometimes I forget and feed him cookies too. But we have to get better if we're going to make it out alive.
