Critique of imagined rights in internet spectator culture
RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-16
RexDouglass critiques the tendency to feel personally involved in the lies or private matters of strangers in distant institutions. He questions the validity of these 'imagined rights' and describes the phenomenon as a 'psychotic' parasocial relationship where people actively manufacture relevance to themselves.
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