Common People in Black Mirror S7: A Ritual Autopsy of the Mass Mind
Episode 1 of Black Mirror Season 7, titled Common People , isn’t about the future. It’s about the now — stripped of makeup, raw and disquieting. It’s a ritual cross-section of a society that has ceased to be itself and has become content. It’s not about people being "ordinary" — it’s about people whose very normalcy marks their surrender to the System. 🧬 Why “Common”? The word common in the title doesn’t just point to “ordinary folks.” It unfolds across multiple semantic layers. In this episode, “common” is not a class — it’s a condition. A psychological architecture. A soul-state. 🜁 1. Common as the Unconscious / Familiar “Common people” are those who live inside preset structures — daily routines, inherited norms, cultural templates. Their behavior is not willful, but reactive. They do not ask why something is “normal.” They simply comply. 🜂 2. Common as the Mass / Indistinguishable Common is the opposite of singular. It blends. It conforms. It leaves no trace...