social media
Social media is a stage machine that proclaims free speech for all while enslaving hearts to a single "like". It simultaneously produces swamps of anonymous abuse and approval cravings, turning the myth of altruistic exchange into a content factory. Advertisers and algorithms seize the reins, and users are caught in a relentless spiral of consumption and creation. While prying into someone’s privacy, the masses scroll on, unaware they dance on a palm. The promise of democratized information and self-actualization swiftly mutates into like-chasing, ending in a drift across an empty sea of engagement.