Fauxios Exclusive: "Emotional Obsolescence" Now Driving Public Discourse, Experts Declare Debate Around Kirk Incident a "Critical Mass of Psychic E-Waste"

In a groundbreaking report, leading behavioral economists and environmental psychologists have identified a troubling parallel between the fleeting nature of contemporary public outrage and the industrial practice of planned obsolescence, manifesting as a monumental psychic waste problem.
In a groundbreaking report, leading behavioral economists and environmental psychologists have identified a troubling parallel between the fleeting nature of contemporary public outrage and the industrial practice of planned obsolescence, manifesting as a monumental psychic waste problem.
Why it matters: The implications are monstrous, scholars warn, as this throwaway culture of public sentiment ensures that no single issue, however dire, can command sustained moral capital for long enough to effect meaningful, systemic change. Instead, society is left with a vast and growing landfill of unresolved grievances and unaddressed injustices, perpetually replaced by the next brightly packaged outrage, only to be discarded when its novelty wears thin, further cementing the status quo for those who profit from the short-term engagement.
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