1. Notes on autism: Medical terms can bleed into popular usage. About a decade ago, it was “OCD”. Merely tidying a bedroom would lead to a person to say, “I’m totally OCD.” This a joke, but one that conceals genuine anxiety.
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9. The cry “autist” is the cry of a democratic society where people hide anonymously online to be an individual and say what they cannot say among the mob. As their machines make them increasingly “autistic”, they still demand uniformity.
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10. Hence we look to the medical model. People “have issues”, “need to work on coping mechanisms (see: ‘cope’)”, are “autistic”, or are “mentally ill”. Character, individuality, spirit, and soul are eliminated in the dmeocratic society, which is only interested in efficiency.
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