Something's not right
Long post So, I visited my mom over the weekend. At 9pm, she said "eka news, saa tatu imefika" It's forever since I last watched the news so I disputed and she snarled at me "NEWS NI MUHIMU" I swear she spoke in capital letters😅
As the news went on I noticed a pattern ama niite template, everything that was being reported was negative. Every story negative. Nothing newsworthy imo...just politics, negative and sad stories that really rile you up. So I asked her if this is how the news is everyday and she told me ata leo iko poa kiasi. I was shook. "Akuna kitu poa inafanyika anywhere kwani?" I asked. Her reply was as cold as the news. "Skuizi hawaletangi izo mzuri"😧. Ala ala alaaa. But whyyy??
Then it hit me, if this is what people consume everyday, their whole existence will automatically synchronize with the content and become as dull and negative.
Take a look at social media, all influencers and people who command a large following are also the top pushers for negative content, sad and abhorrent content and we are eating it all up. No wonder we are so sad, annoyed and have lost all hope. Very sad.
I have noticed that anything positive is just ignored, vilified and people seem to hate on it. But the negative is always given attention and focus. For example something as inconsiderable as sleep, when someone says they've slept for 4 hours, another one ups them and says they're on 2 hours of sleep. It becomes a competition on who's life sucks the most. We hate everything and everyone who is not as depressed and sad as we are.
This is all part of the plan; the media to focus on negative narratives, social media amplification of negativity, celebration of suffering, lack of positive representation, vilification of positivity and hope. This shapes the Kenyan public's consciousness and keeps the masses in a state of perpetual lull. And it's quite evident...karibu kila mtu akona makasiriko and they don't even know why. It's crazy.
Call me a conspiracy theorist but that's my observation. We are under control and they are harvesting that negative energy.
Ama naovethink?