I always found “Simulation Theory” to be a lazy Reddit version of Deism to begin with, but especially these days it’s dire just how often undesirables are perceptibly stripped of personhood with that same belief system. It doesn’t pass as a joke for me when too many rich creeps like sermonize about it on the regular and their sycophantic followers feel more like Main Characters by nodding along.
I mean, obviously.
Nothing garners more social acceptance than openly being a communist and there isn’t a single interest group which requires less study, less effort, and whose acceptance is more unconditional than a communist org.