That’s kind of how social media heroizes and villinizes people based on political stances. They want their parasocial heroes that seem to represent them to always have their opinions validated. Its not like citizens in the colonial west can actually change anything other than do what capital requires, so instead of policy changes they have to psychologically push themselves online to have popular parasocial heroes say what is necessary instead. When they realize that they can’t even get that and a contradiction between their parasocial heroes don’t reflect their opinions, the feeling of betrayal feels even more immense.
It’s strange seeing the same people who spent years championing Greta Thunberg turning on her because she took the “wrong” stance.
That’s kind of how social media heroizes and villinizes people based on political stances. They want their parasocial heroes that seem to represent them to always have their opinions validated. Its not like citizens in the colonial west can actually change anything other than do what capital requires, so instead of policy changes they have to psychologically push themselves online to have popular parasocial heroes say what is necessary instead. When they realize that they can’t even get that and a contradiction between their parasocial heroes don’t reflect their opinions, the feeling of betrayal feels even more immense.