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.
It’s all about dehumanisation, that’s all it is. It’s removing the humanity from their enemies so they can justify their own violent thoughts for what they want to do to “the enemy”