Scandals No Longer Create Reactions: Dystopian Time and the Role of Artificial Intelligence

My mother is 103 years old. Yesterday he remembered a perfume he wore in his youth. “I used it for years,” he said: “But I can't remember the name!”

It came right before my eyes. His bottle was always on the dresser. It smelled sweetly of bergamot, gardenia, jasmine and sandalwood. Its name was something like "The Weather of Time"...

In the '50s and '60s, II. It was as if he were the exact embodiment of the "Everything will be fine" promise that heralded post-World War II optimism. So much so that on the cap of the perfume bottle, made by a famous French crystal designer, there were two crystal doves, which are symbols of heart-warming optimism and freedom.

“What would it be if a perfume that would correspond to today's mood was thought of?” I couldn't help but think...

The answer came from the artificial intelligence I applied to: "Synthetic like the smell of electronic cigarettes, melancholy layers like the smell of wet asphalt."

Artificial intelligence referred to the "black orchid", a symbol of "power, authority and absolute submission", as opposed to the dove symbolism of freedom. He depicted a black, matte, square-cut bottle with a brutalist design that reminds me of mobile phone screens.

He described the bottle cap as a cross-section of a funhouse mirror that distorts images. And he named the perfume: “Dystopic Time” or “Dystopia”.

Imagine if even artificial intelligence, which has become a part of dystopia itself, envisions the drift we are experiencing in this way.

EVEN THE BIGGEST SCANDALS ARE EFFECTIVE

Artificial intelligence is also gradually transitioning to "war is peace" conditioning. Because the truth... Orwell has already been promoted to his law.

Scandals, for example, are no longer considered "scandalous". No matter how big they are, they are evaluated as "moves made by opposition forces to power."

Or they get lost in “high speed agenda changes, mass distraction and stalling operations”.

A scandal that would have the Watergate effect of half a century ago can no longer be imagined.

In reality, there is no scandal, but the sentence does not make a single Watergate.

We are so, so far from the times of Watergate, which ended with Nixon's resignation; In order not to set a precedent, that crossroads earthquake is being brought into focus from the beginning today.

Trump's Department of Justice, with the guidance of a revisionist historian, is trying to prove that Nixon was not actually a criminal, but a "victim" (beheaded by free press!).

Understand what kind of “dystopia” we live in.

MORS TUA, VITA MEA

However, each of Trump's scandals is as big as "Watergate".

But we are not living in a period where rights expanded like in those years. On the contrary, we are in a movement where democratic rights are being eroded, put to sleep and taken back.

While Donald Trump was elected president for the second time, he was convicted of more than 30 crimes (fraud, irregularity, bribery, etc.). In addition to sexual assault and rape cases, he had encouraged the Congress raid.

Since the beginning of 2025, he has not refrained from adding around 2.5 billion dollars to his wealth thanks to crypto investments, market and stock market manipulations. He even linked "presidential pardons" to the "pardon exchange".

As such, he constantly quarreled with the free press. And he attempted to banish opposition media outlets from White House reporting.

Surprisingly, all these scandals do not endanger Trump's presidency.

Just last month, it was revealed that a Russian oligarch disguised as a gangster close to Russian intelligence and Putin had financed the wedding of big boy Donald Trump Jr.

President Baba's "What does it matter to me?" When he shrugged off this unique incident with his arrogance, the New York Times said, "This cannot be explained by shamelessness alone. Why don't scandals bring down politicians?" He published a remarkable analysis titled.

It's not actually new. Political scientists have been pondering the issue for the last decade.

"Scandals - shock... shock... shock - why don't they create a reaction? Why don't they lead to a change of power?"

The first reason is polarization. Voters who turned into football fans under the influence of "identitarianism"; They prefer political victory to political virtue. To the opposite side; They look at it with the eyes of “Your death, my life / Mors tua, vita mea”.

Instead of the media being the "only truth" as before; It is divided between “parallel universes” of supporters and opponents. This means the "shattering of public opinion", which is the most fundamental pillar that keeps democracies alive, and "being shattered into pieces".

As if the 24/7 bombardment of news was not enough, it causes weariness and callousness in the electorate. Attention spans are shrinking. The series of scandals turns into a humming, repetitive background noise.

Feelings of shame and “oh no” are eroding.

The ranks behind the leader are being tightened with the fanaticism of "Even if our man took him away."

Critical voices are intimidated by the system, the regime, and the government with the strategy of "A bad thief suppresses the owner of the house." Tension is bubbling. The criminal and the victim or victims change places.

This is the topic of the day. There are dozens of studies conducted in the USA: "Why do scandals touch leaders?"