• damdy@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    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.

    • JillyB@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • Hirom@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • GlenRambo@jlai.luEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Implying Lemmy is the best/only place to get political news. :/

      Some of us come here for fun and get our doom elsewhere.