https://medium.com/ill-ixi-lli/i-have-heard-it-said-that-in-the-time-of-socrates-in-athens-there-existed-many-situations-5200a1d99c0a

“I remember the first time I realized that my favorite television show was effectively just being made up for the express purpose of manipulating my emotions. And was using trauma and extreme violence to accomplish this. I remember the first time that I withdrew in horror from the media and the effect. I remember reflecting upon that abuse, and writing the first essay I ever penned. It took me a while to recognize the confidence trick in every incarnation, but once I did, I was immune.

And this kind of immunity?

It’s unimaginably contagious.”