The Joker: Prophetic Image of the Future?
An analysis of the movie The Joker in comparison of today's events
Question: What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash?
Answer: You get exactly what you deserve.
As kids we loved the heroes. As adults we understand the villains.
- A comment on YouTube
I do like to use modern cultural references to highlight real world issues. Today, we look at the movie The Joker. In it 4 stages are highlighted regarding how a society collapses.
STAGE 1: NO SOCIAL COHESION
This is where there is no sense of community. The community and personal relationships with others are destroyed, leaving behind loneliness as a normality of society, mental illness, and nihilism.
Is it any wonder that this is happening with the Covid lock downs, the work from home policies, the use of social media and interactions in lieu of personal relationships? We see this highlighted more with our younger generation in their lack of social skills and educational failings. But isn't this happening within the older population as well? Normal interactions have been replaced with a click of the mouse and staring at a screen. We are all guilty.
STAGE 2: RESENTMENT
In this stage, lines of communication are completely annihilated. This isn't a personal problem but a societal one. Disillusionment takes over as there is no dialogue with others. Speech and freedom of speech have all disappeared by either our own inability to exercise it or the controls placed on us by media and technology giants, such as Facebook, Twitter, and so on. As a result, a huge part of society has been completely detached from others on a daily basis.
STAGE 3: SOCIAL UNREST
Cracks in the society begin to show. Here we see a rise in unrest, violence, and the beginnings of revolution. Political radicalization begins to form in the wake of personal crisis. If enough people feel this way, if the anger reaches a boiling point, it can lead into the next stage.
STAGE 4: THE TRIGGER
This is the final level of society collapse. A pivotal point will become the trigger for revolution. The growing loneliness and resentment of society hits a breaking point.
A final note, take care of your community. Take care of the men in our society. We have all been discarded and disillusioned by a society which is increasingly is abandoning us, ignoring us, and treating us like trash. We need to see the health and overall well-being of this side of humanity of which I am one.
Fitting. Nicely done. You knew I would come. So insightful, so inciteful! I do enjoy your writing. It flows. Well organized. The reader can tell you're a good person, you try to make good choices and you care as much for your community as yourself. I look forward to your next post.
I wonder whose idea it was for the anons to become Gatekeepers of information intended to be distributed quickly to the public? Very suspect indeed. Who was it that selected the subject matter that easy anon would discuss I wonder? Where was the meeting at? Who called it? Why? Why wasn't I invited?