People here will literally tell you “I don’t want to hear about it” but then complain about the gas prices. It feels like a total Don’t Look Up moment.
Americans have a bit of a reputation abroad for ignoring the fact non-Americans exist and are people. This sounds like an example.
If you never need anything from the outside world and the outside world makes you feel bad about yourself, it makes emotional sense. I hear China tends to be the same way.
Because I’ve been hearing about wars and chaos for decades now. I hear about this stuff literally everywhere. I’m aware of it. I don’t need it shoved in my face 24/7. It’s exhausting.
It’s also addictive for a lot of people. They get so engaged with this stuff online that they neglect their real lives. That’s not healthy.
Well I’m not complaining about gas prices, but personally it’s something I can’t do anything about and it just makes it even harder for me to get the energy to do the things I can do.
It won’t motivate me further to hear about it. It’ll only lead to despair.
We want to hear competency and not lies. I at least get something out of the leopards eating themselves post.
We’re anticipating bad news or lies. I still trust European news sources and some left leaning but it’s as everyone says. Tiring.
It’s not a ‘Don’t Look Up’ moment.
People don’t want to hear about it because they’re working 2-3 jobs and 100 hours a week to afford rent on a roach-infested studio and food is becoming cost-prohibitive, on top of education, health care, and yes, fuel too. Both parties have gaslit them about it within the last two years to try and get elected.
And they don’t have any power to do anything about it.
IIRC Don’t Look Up had poor people in it, too.
Congrats, now you know the situation in Russia regarding the Ukraine war.
People feel powerless, are swamped by trying to make a living (which is by design), and at the same time feel like this is all wrong and someone ought to do something about it, which leads to a sense of guilt and shame.
So they shield themselves from it and wait for it to pass.they also can’t do anything about it.
just like, you can’t do anything about your loved ones getting cancer or other misfortunes of life. And presuming that you can… is just going to destroy you emotionally. All you can do when subjected to forces beyond your control is just keep on moving on and accept it that you have no control over it.
I’ll read the news about it, I’ll go protest about it, but I don’t want to hear some shitkicker complaining about it — especially if I didn’t see that fucker at the protests.
Well, bad news about 95% of Lemmy posters…
It doesn’t matter, people will hear about it anyways.
It’s been a long decade, I’m tired, boss… what’s that? WHAT? It’s only been just over a year? You’re shitting me? Get the fuck out of here…
As someone looking from outside, it feels like a lot of this could be minimized if the US fixed their electoral system.
It’s an arcane system that makes the votes of the middle states more valuable than the outer states. Which means deeply conservative states get to say who runs the country.
So you end up with a religion driven police state, fueled by technofeudalism. Not unlike the regimes you keep overthrowing.
it feels like a lot of this could be minimized if the US fixed their electoral system
Yup, which is why they fight so hard to prevent any change to this system!
In Russia there’s long been a sort of “social contract” between the oligarch elites and the general population. As long as the general population “stayed out of politics” and let the oligarchs stay rich and powerful, the oligarchs wouldn’t interfere with their lives. The classic bread-and-circuses thing.
I guess the US could have a similar dynamic developing.
the US was founded on the roman system of bread and circuses
Fatigue. There’s just been so much and it’s kinda fucking draining if you stay plugged in to it all. It’s not like doomscrolling will make the situation any better either.
Also like, that was kind of the point of Don’t Look Up. People do just shut these things out. If you understood the movie you should know the answer to your question.
Actually doing something would make the situation better, but most people can’t be bothered. I’m sorry, if you didn’t vote or go to demonstrations (unless you have a very good reason) , I’m not feeling sorry for you. You’re obviously not bothered enough.
What kind of ‘something’ do you want me to do?
These yokels just kinda ignore that unless you’re a federal legislator or a billionaire, you are utterly powerless to do anything meaningful about this beyond virtue signalling.
make grandstanding statements on the internet, duh. like vaguely demanding others do something!
Oh and then if the person replies you call them names and tell them that they are a fascist/nazi/etc. because if you aren’t doing ‘something’ you are clearly assisting the bad people!!
People often don’t wanna hear about their fuck-ups.
they are in denial and don’t want to admit they made a mistake voting for trump.
As a foreigner witnessing my own people voting for some representatives that spread nothing but a desire to destroy all they can, here in France, the real question is: knowing what’s happening and if given a chance to travel back in time to change their vote, how many of them would still vote for the same candidate because they hate the other side more than they hate hurting themselves?
Right. This is exactly why I don’t talk to my family anymore.
Too many, is the answer.
Base instincts to hurt others are just too strong.
If people are emotionally hurt, they abuse themself (throw themselves into work etc). What do you think would stop people from hurting/abusing others?
Or that it was fine to not vote
The “We don’t want to think about politics until they knock in our doors.” reason.
