2 realizations that every society hides from people
2 realizations that every society hides from people
Death is inevitable. This includes sub-aspects of Death, such as: limitations, the need to shed away aspects of your self in order to grow, and the end of some relationships, dreams, and fantasies about life. Basically, any substantial form of change is a sub-aspect of Death.
The sublime, absolutely crazy, adventure of life. Life as a field to play around in, as opposed to a linear path that one must follow or "grind" through
In many ways, the second is far more disruptive than the first one, though in practice people only find the second one after the first. Just think about how subversive being in touch with the vividness of life is. What can a society which primarily uses coercion and incentives to get people to work for it give to someone who, for instance, is at peace while simply being in nature? I cannot think of anything personally. Wealth? Status? Easy pleasure? Those things are only worth something within the game that society tries to make everyone play. This connection to life itself short-circuits the entire reward structure of society, and thus creates individuals who are not easily manipulable, hence they're dangerous.
Also, the first realization should not be confused with cynicism, which is when an individual can see through the veil of deception of our society, but becomes miserable because it is the only thing they focus on. Much of the internet is about "blackpilling" people about society, how bad it really is, but in doing so, they do not create free and authentic individuals, but instead people who are stuck in an identity built around misery and thinking of themselves as more intelligent than others—the stereotypical "smart people are less happy because they see that it's all meaningless" type of deal.
This form of passive cynicism is actually very useful for society, because it doesn't provide anything to build towards that is outside the usual obey-consume-sleep routines of the modern world. As such, they are very likely to numb themselves with the very things that they would point out as cope: internet, video games, porn, drugs, alcohol, navel-gazing, etc, without really doing anything about their life.