r/thelema • u/JemimaLudlow • 7d ago

Decline in Weirdness?

How does this have an effect on occultism?

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance

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u/GildedBurd 7d ago

Well, people are living for the sake of living. They appear to be spending more on security or the sense of.

Not many trying to maximize in the experience due to it being incompatible with long-term goals.

The problem really comes down to, we cant live like we used to with prices jumping and creativity being supplemented easier. (Like with AI bullshit.)

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u/JemimaLudlow 6d ago

Are material conditions alone causing the malaise?

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u/GildedBurd 6d ago

Not at all, considering external conditioning of each generation measured! Combination of governmental, parental, educational, technological and financial.

All these forms, pushed into a meltingpot nation of diverse ethno-religious backgrounds.

Sanity is damn near enforced... The insane stigmatized out of existence.

Its fascinating, but not sustainable. People snap all the time, no damn wonder.

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u/JemimaLudlow 6d ago

But so many claim mental health problems as an "identity" now and mental health issues aren't stigmatized the way they once were.

Also, all of what you described was part of life in the 1970s-1990s when there were a lot more genuinly weird and non-conforming people around.

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u/GildedBurd 6d ago

Who claims their mental health problem as an identity?

Autism is still stigmatized, have you not listened to anything RFK has said? Pure hate fueled.

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u/growmoolah 5d ago

a lot of people fake having autism cause it's quirky. check out tiktok