Anarchy: Born in the USA
Reuters
There is only an extent to which paranoia can be allowed to fester. Because when it goes unchecked for far too long, chaos unfolds.
A rioter lounging in the House Speaker’s chair. The image, currently trending on social media, is as unnerving as it is tragic. It reminds me of the climax of the film Joker (2019), where rioters unleash havoc in Gotham at the titular character’s behest as he stands atop a car and dances to the sights and sounds of devastation. That was fiction; this viral image is a slice of contemporary reality in America. And it is frightening.
The joy of being ‘invisible’ on social media anamika@khaleejtimes.com Filed on December 22, 2020
I have decided to be a spectator, rather than a participant, but I often wonder if there is a price to be paid for this invisibility.
In the age of social distancing, every phone call from a familiar number feels reassuring. When a friend from Delhi called to check on me after months, I was initially moved by her concern. That was, until she said, “I was worried because I have not seen you being active on Twitter or Facebook this whole month.” Now, good intentions are always welcome, but I wasn’t sure how silence on social media could possibly be read as something gone wrong. I am no less opinionated now than before, it just so happened that I have decided to keep my thoughts to myself or journal them, as many experts have suggested we must do to make sense of our lives during the pandemic.
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