What is Autocratic Despair?

Autocratic Despair is what you are feeling right now.

Autocratic Despair is the feeling of hopelessness & powerlessness that arises when living under or dealing with an autocratic regime or leadership. It can manifest itself in many ways.

• Are you appalled that the meanest people have become the loudest?
• Do you dread because they might be among the population that exists in a different reality?
• Do you feel a disillusioned that someone that is clearly a threat to this country has been elevated to the highest status by your fellow citizens?

That's Autocratic Despair

The fact is that there is a good portion of our population that isn't adhering to the Social Contract, but still expect to benefit from the protections it conveys. People who demand civility even as they dispatch cruelty. People who go out of their way to vice signal. These individuals don't seem to be any worse off than the rest of us, despite how they act. You have to deal with them on a daily basis.

Autocratic Despair is Exhausting

The cumulative effect of all of this is mass Trauma. To constantly have to bear witness to this intentional infliction of trauma is generating widespread anxiety & depression on a national scale. It's driving people apart.

This isn't an isolated phenomenon. It has happened throughout history whenever an Authoritarian regime has tried to root themselves into power. It's meant to divide us. It's meant to make us think the unreality that they've created is the only one that exists. It's meant to make you think that things will get worse if you don't stay quiet. It's meant to diminish the quality of your life if you refuse to get on board. It's meant to make you avert your glance as they aim violence at US Citizens. It's meant to make sure you withdraw from public life, lest you become the next victim. It's meant to demoralize us into becoming compliant.

This is By Design

The result they are hoping for is that you either become so withdrawn that you become passive or so predictably obsessed that you'll react reflexively to their provocations. It's a conspiracy happening in plain view. It's a psyop. It is supposed to feel overwhelming.