More and more people are tuning the news out: 'Now I don't have that anxiety

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bigstrat2003 ◴[07 Sep 25 14:44 UTC] No.45158601[source]▶

I used to read the newspaper every morning over breakfast as a teenager. At one point I noticed that it just made me angry at the stuff going on in the world, but without me actually being able to do anything about it. So I stopped consuming the news. It's been 25 years now and I have zero regrets about this. On occasion I miss something I would like to know about, but in general I will find out about any truly important news out from other people.

And that was before the current age of yellow journalism. The news is 10x worse now than it was then; I strongly recommend that everyone unplugs from it for the sake of their own mental health.

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1. tootie ◴[07 Sep 25 14:51 UTC] No.45158680[source]▶

>>45158601 #

Do you vote and do you consider yourself and informed voter? Do you not even consume local news? I understand the desire to protect yourself from anxiety but surely you have to acknowledge there's a downside to being willfully ignorant and detached from civic life.

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2. hulitu ◴[07 Sep 25 17:31 UTC] No.45160285[source]▶

>>45158680 (TP) #

> but surely you have to acknowledge there's a downside to being willfully ignorant and detached from civic life.

There is none. Cortuption goes on as ussual either you vote or you don't.

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3. tootie ◴[07 Sep 25 17:34 UTC] No.45160316[source]▶

>>45160285 #

Such an absolutely facile take and certainly a favored one by people who want to pretend there is nothing they can do so they have an excuse to do nothing. Societies problems are as much your responsibility as any other individual.

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4. ponector ◴[07 Sep 25 20:01 UTC] No.45161639{3}[source]▶

>>45160316 #

They could be absolutely right, there is no sense to participate in election theater in some countries. Maybe they are from russia, who knows.

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5. johnnyanmac ◴[07 Sep 25 20:20 UTC] No.45161773{4}[source]▶

>>45161639 #

well, if my country goes Russia, I don't want to be plugging my ears and covering my eyes as it happens. My forefathers did too much to give me this ability for me to just shrug as people try to take it away again.

6. johnnyanmac ◴[07 Sep 25 20:26 UTC] No.45161818[source]▶

>>45158680 (TP) #

I'm probably more informed than the average 30YO voter, but local news is still a huge blind spot for me. Aggregates break down quickly when looking at policy on a local level.

And to boot, city townhalls here are every other Tuesday, usually around 4-6. Better than others I've seen at 2pm, but still not quite something a full time worker can drop in on.

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