The headlines always point fingers. There is always a scapegoat.

This time it is the social media feed.

A nation reports that 94 percent see the platforms as the primary source of moral decay.

It is a neat decimal point. It is a clean culprit.

It is easier to blame the algorithm than the economics.

The platforms are not the rot. They are the petri dish.

They provide the perfect medium for whatever filth is being manufactured.

The state and the market both contribute.

The system is designed to maximize engagement.

Engagement requires outrage. Outrage is the cheap currency of the 21st century.

What the reports miss is the core mechanism.

The platforms do not create immorality. They monetize attention scarcity.

The process is simple.

They feed the most extreme content.

They prioritize tribal division.

They reward the loudest and angriest user.

This is the architecture of profit.

The supposed collapse of morality is just the measurable output of an engine.

The engine is highly optimized for attention extraction.

The consumer is complicit. The consumer volunteers their most volatile data.

They chase the dopamine hit from confirming their own biases.

The decay is not a bug. It is the feature.

It is the business model made explicit in the public square.

We are not witnessing a cultural decline.

We are witnessing the successful commodification of human instability.

Nothing changes. The feed remains and the sickness remains.