>When did you realise that women lived life on extreme easy mode
I still haven't realized that because it isn't true.
> and living life on autopilot was asking to be used up and spat out by corporations?
Realized this about six months ago, I guess. I smoked a bunch of weed and read the Unabomber's manifesto. Since then I've been trying to not live my life on autopilot. Concretely this means I cook for myself more, I go outside more, I play less video games, and I read more (though provoking) books. Teddy was a violent monster but some of his ideas are OK. I'm going to try and change myself before I think about changing the world.
> When did you realise that scientism has replaced religion among stupid people? When did you realise that social scientists are the new priests and witch doctors?
Dunno, I kind of realized that one in college I guess.
> When did you realise that there are no books that "the elites" wanted to hide from you and the opposite was much closer to the truth, where the surfeit of proclaimed "essential" books was used to stymie critical thinking? "How can you question policy X when you haven't read 1000 pages of Plato and Locke? How dare you try to separate an idea from pointless historical context?"
I don't think I've ever encountered anyone saying anything like that personally. Most discussions I have with peers revolve around contemporary news articles (Trump, immigration, etc.), not philosophy. I don't think the "elites" have an agenda as such, they are all collectively just looking out for their own self interests (or at least the interests they have chosen for themselves).
> When did you realise that literature, like all dying art forms, had become primarily a social signalling mechanism for pseudo intellectuals?
I'm still struggling with this one. I think you might be partly right, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't enjoy it anyway. Reading feels a little less stupid than mindlessly playing Overwatch for hours on end, but who am I to judge?