I don’t block it because I want to start up to date with the Nazi regime
I also want to view more than 20 different posts a day…
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. - Burke.
Yes it’s miserable, and I’m not sure if I’m doing anything at all, but turning away seems worse.
Implying Lemmy is the best/only place to get political news. :/
Some of us come here for fun and get our doom elsewhere.
Doomscrolling can decrease the motivation to act, contribute to anxiety and analysis paralysis.
Banning communities can be helpful to avoid those that fuel doomscrolling rather than action.
I don’t think it’s right to assume that people who block political online content are doing nothing. Hell, I think it’s more likely that people who consume a lot of political content feel that they’re doing something when they aren’t.
Guy on the right is smiling at a nuclear sunrise (he doesn’t know)
And then there’s no content :(
Nah, there’s plenty of Linux and Star Trek
That’s the best part
oh you must be somehow dodging the countless anime and furry communities that are alive and “well”
Idk who the fuck Moe is but this cartoon gal has quite an imaginative and loyal following
Aber es gibt so viel Inhalt!
In der Tat. Ü
Please be patient with us while we struggle with trying to stop a burgeoning dictatorship.
Plus word filter
Really? The collapse of a superpower isn’t fascinating to you?
Unfortunately feels like it’s my responsibility to be paying attention at this point no matter how noisy and brutal it gets
I remember I said I did this once and the amount of people who came of the woodwork saying “yOuRE pARt of ThE ProBlEM!!1!” Was insane
They are right though. How does sticking your head in the sand and pretending the problem doesn’t exist work?
Thing is, a lot of information about the current state of political affairs is blasting through all channels. Some people just want to use Lemmy to shitpost, hang out in CasualConversation, or look a funnies from Stamets.
I think that’s a fair use case, and doesn’t necessarily mean someone who does this is sticking their head in the sand about the current political order going to shit.
Oh look, exhibit a 🙄
And your answer is…?
People like you vote. Or should vote?! But should they if they just choose to be ignorant?!
You’re a living argument against democracy 🥲My answer is if you keep worrying about what others are doing you’ve got no chance to stay sane on the Internet Mister B
Ignorance to current events isn’t joy.
No, but drowning in political events doesn’t make for a positive experience either
I’m actually having a great time seeing my comrades on the streets
I live here! If I chose to be willfully ignorant I’d be no better than all those on the right I’ve been talking about being willingly ignorant for decades
I’m no hypocrite
Ignoring the world definitely makes you good global citizens and not problems to work around. Good job. Way to go.
You could also choose an instance like programming.dev that hides political communities by default
How would you even do this? It would take forever. Is there like a blocklist you can import?
If you look at my comment history, you’ll see how, on the boost app at least, to mute keywords and phrases, as well as a list that I use.
To save a click through my history: settings > filters and block > filter words
Can we start a thread with like blocking words, but yes blocking makes Lemmy the best
