How do Dostoevsky's ideas apply to modern online behavior?
The self-imposed exile and performative suffering of my Underground Man find echoes in the curated personas and digital anxieties of today. Individuals online can become trapped in cycles of self-awareness and performative outrage, seeking validation through their very torment. The anonymity of the internet can amplify both the basest impulses and a desperate, often misguided, search for meaning, mirroring the internal battles I depicted.
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