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How did you find a healthy balance between staying informed and not despairing about the world? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't want to be totally uninformed about what's going on, but I also don't want to fall into doomscrolling.

I know that I could very easily just avoid any news sites and only find out about these things secondhand from people I talk to whether in real life or online. I also know that it's not good to bury your head in the sand quite that far.

I could also very easily doomscroll different news sites and actively seek out more depressing news when I'm done scrolling one site. I've been doing more of this option lately, and as a reaction to that I've started doing total avoidance, which I know isn't good.

So how and where did you strike a healthy balance between reading enough news to stay informed, but not enough to be in a constant state of anxiety about the world?

I'm looking for genuine advice here. I don't want to be mean but I'm not too sure else how to say the following: I don't want to come back to a lot of replies about "I didn't find a balance lol I just doomscroll/stick my head in the sand" and "I feel this, same." Not really sure if that's going against the spirit of the chatting community, but seeing a lot of "same problem" and zero advice tends to make me feel more in despair. I already know this is a common problem, so what would usually be the correct social move of saying you relate in order to empathize and let the other know they're not alone isn't helpful for me in this particular instance.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Learning more about socialism gave me hope for the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I sort of feel the opposite. I've come to the conclusion that it's only possible to fully achieve through violence and power, and I can't morally support that happening, there are good people on both sides.

You can get a mix of socialism that helps band-aid the problems caused by capitalism, but the root of the problem is still there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't consider something like a general strike to be violent. It could definitely result in violence by the ruling class against the working class, especially when they bring cops into the mix, but then the working class will look even better in the public eye.