Maybe the worst part about all this is that these societal tools for self-belonging never come close to delivering on their promise. They just offer more promises. Our identities are never expressed enough. Our lives never quite feel meaningful enough. We never feel justified enough, or as if we truly belong. We “just need to” keep trying. When our efforts exhaust us or the new techniques to fix the problems of the old techniques fail, we move from Affirmation to Resignation. In the case of social media moderators, this looks like a move from yoga and group counseling to drugs and alcohol and
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