Those of us who knew we were right and in touch with reality despite the relentless attempts to regiment private social and cultural life on the part of a totalitarian media/ academic/ governmental/ technological apparatus should take a second to pat ourselves on the back:

We’re just smarter, better people than the ones who gave in, believed it, or, worst of all, cynically played along. We’re better people in every way, a higher caliber of humanity. We should hold space for a minute to reflect on this.