“if you’re not angry you’re not paying attention” used to be such a powerful phrase but now it’s more accurate to say “if you’re not angry you’re probably exhausted by 5+ years of Panic Outrage Mode and are nearing the limit of your emotional range for reacting to this shit”
we need a strategy to actually fight this shit, because we WILL hurt other people if it goes unchecked
The world is actually a lot less terrible than it was, say, ten years ago. By pretty much every possible metric. The thing is, fear sells. News companies make money by making you scared. Politicians get power by making you scared. There’s a vast industry built entirely around showing the worst of existence in your face 24/7, and making shit up if reality isn’t scary enough, in order to control how you think and spend and vote.
Stop watching the news. Stop listening to celebrities when they rant about politics. Stop pretending that you could possibly be responsible for all the bad things you hear. Just live your life, and help the people right in front of you when they need it, and suddenly you’ll be not only happier but also probably doing more good in the world.
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