The Death of Civility Is Real. But It's Been a Slow Burn Joe Rogan’s reaction is grounded in something deeply human: horror at the loss of empathy. He’s shocked that people—ordinary, educated, liberal-leaning people—are laughing, cheering, and posting memes about a political figure getting gunned down. That tells us a lot. Not just about those individuals, but about how broken our cultural feedback loops have become. We used to pretend there were lines. We don’t anymore. And that isn’t because some people are “just crazy.” It’s because our media diet, algorithmic reality tunnels, and academic indoctrination pipelines have successfully dehumanized “the other side.” Once someone isn’t human, anything is fair game. Assassinations Aren’t Civil War—But What Follows Might Be The…
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