I mean cool and all, but blocking the world because it sucks means you are now uninformed and unable to stop it from sucking.
TBF
closing down your visibility to, for example, news and politics that are negative puts you in a bad place to vote or contribute as a citizen. The more people that take this approach, the worse off the world is. I know it’s tiring, but put on your big girl panties and let’s get past the worldwide push for authoritarian take overs.
means you are now uninformed and unable to stop it from sucking
This seems better than being informed and unable to stop it from sucking, which was what I was doing previously.
closing down your visibility to, for example, news and politics that are negative puts you in a bad place to vote
I mean, I kiiinda agree, but not totally. I definitely do vote. I usually block out a few days to research candidates and propositions before filling out my ballot. So I am making an informed vote.
However, I don’t see how getting a play-by-play of the world falling apart is helpful. I get the summary when it’s time to vote, then I put it away. I can’t stop Trump from doing stupid shit. I can’t stop the war in Ukraine. I can’t stop Elon from befriending Nazis.
put on your big girl panties and let’s get past the worldwide push for authoritarian take overs
How?? All I can do is vote in my own country. And I did that. I’ve tried talking to friends and family, but I have yet to convince a Trumper of anything. They don’t care about reality. It doesn’t matter if I have all my facts straight. They don’t want to listen.
I can donate to Ukraine for the war, donate to orgs suing the government, or go to a protest, but all of that seems orthogonal to watching daily/weekly news.
It seems like being “informed” is just a way to “feel” like you’re doing something? Am I missing something here? I don’t get it.
I’ve been blocking as many news/political communities as possible. Also, this helped: https://lemmy.today/post/22524765
I mean cool and all, but blocking the world because it sucks means you are now uninformed and unable to stop it from sucking.
TBF
closing down your visibility to, for example, news and politics that are negative puts you in a bad place to vote or contribute as a citizen. The more people that take this approach, the worse off the world is. I know it’s tiring, but put on your big girl panties and let’s get past the worldwide push for authoritarian take overs.
This seems better than being informed and unable to stop it from sucking, which was what I was doing previously.
I mean, I kiiinda agree, but not totally. I definitely do vote. I usually block out a few days to research candidates and propositions before filling out my ballot. So I am making an informed vote.
However, I don’t see how getting a play-by-play of the world falling apart is helpful. I get the summary when it’s time to vote, then I put it away. I can’t stop Trump from doing stupid shit. I can’t stop the war in Ukraine. I can’t stop Elon from befriending Nazis.
How?? All I can do is vote in my own country. And I did that. I’ve tried talking to friends and family, but I have yet to convince a Trumper of anything. They don’t care about reality. It doesn’t matter if I have all my facts straight. They don’t want to listen.
I can donate to Ukraine for the war, donate to orgs suing the government, or go to a protest, but all of that seems orthogonal to watching daily/weekly news.
It seems like being “informed” is just a way to “feel” like you’re doing something? Am I missing something here? I don’t get it.