BALLOON VIRUSIt’s crazy how quickly we forget. Just a couple of years ago, fear was the perfect tool to keep the world under control: daily press conferences, restrictions, curfews, fines, constant speeches about “the greater good.” Governments discovered something powerful—panic is contagious, and once people are scared enough, they’ll accept almost anything.
Now, any rumor about a “new virus” sets off alarms. And the irony is that with AI, all it takes is one convincing video to trigger a chain reaction of paranoia. Doesn’t matter if it’s real or fake—the effect is the same. People worry, people obey, and people give up control in exchange for the promise of safety.
That’s the real virus: fear itself. And it spreads way faster than anything biological ever could.
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