The truth is, I’m afraid.

I’m afraid seeing that certain searches on social media aren’t returning any results under the guise of being “potentially misleading”. I’m afraid when I see that these people have so much power and now it seems to be unchecked. I’m afraid because I don’t know enough if there is actually any way of balancing them out, if the supposed “checks and balances” truly exist and work, I’m afraid to think they might be hostage or, even worse, working for the powers that be.

I’m afraid that the rhetoric of intolerance is now coming from the highest political seat. I’m afraid that the highest political seat is also in bed with high economic powers. I’m afraid of what they can see through my media consumption. I’m afraid of what they can feed the masses. I’m afraid, because apparently there’s a very large number (a majority?) of those who either agree with this intolerance, are vulnerable to falling prey to it, or don’t know any better. I’m afraid that the world has warned against this for some time, and their predictions were right, their warnings left there.

I’m afraid that this is part of their goal, to make everyone afraid, afraid of each other, of anything else. I’m not even close to there, and I’m still afraid of the ripples it might cause.