Funny enough, from some of the replies I get to my posts, some of them relating to us politics, I can only assume that people either don’t notice or don’t care about what instance I’m connected to.
It’s a fun game… At least, I’m entertained by it.
The worst part is that the articles they post aren’t even good. They’re bias almost to the point of being bullshit.
For some reason lemmy shitpost suddenly became politics focused
at least if the memes were good. It’s just bad man this bad man that or dementia man dementia man that.
Glad to see I’m not the only one.
Same, I ban all US politic subs as well
all of the posts are doom scrolling
That’s not what doom scrolling is dummy
-Looks out window. Lawn’s engulfed in flames. Closes window shades.-
“All better.”
Have you considered the fact that not everybody lives in the US?
What if they’re not American
There is a global authoritarian campaign to undermine democracies across the globe, the US is not the only country having serious trouble right now.
The picture is specifically about not wanting to hear about US politics
I’ve bad news about the military base next door to them.
America sneezes, and the world catches a cold.
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It’s a link aggregator, if you don’t like politics you’re in the wrong format of social media.
Ah right, because those other forms of social media aren’t also infested with politics.
Now that’s the Doomer mindset!
Most of us have depressing shit happening at home, we don’t need to constantly be reminded of the dumpster fire that is US politics. We have even less influence on that shit than people having to live in that failed state.
I mean, if there’s not anything I can do beyond dumping a thimble of water on the fire six months from now I’d rather just die happy.
Two things
- Politics is for Power provides a pretty good model for thinking about this https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Politics-Is-for-Power/Eitan-Hersh/9781982116798
There’s a lot of political hobbyism on social media in general and Lemmy is really bad for it. Take for example the constant Elon Musk rage bait. No one is doing anything productive with that information. They’re just getting mad
- Social media, in general, isn’t a good way to get informed. It makes you feel really in touch but when a lot of the time you’re getting biased and polarizing that is often as enraging as it is unproductive
We treat politics like entertainment and it’s making our politics worse. Personally I try to limit my exposure to politics that I don’t think will be productive. It might feel like the most important thing in the moment but it’s often a huge waste of time
closes blinds
You make some great points. I’ve seen this in action locally - it’s a tiny minority who actually make the effort to change things and they have an amazing success rate, in part because they are often unopposed. The barrier to entry is deceptively low. I think I’m going to read that book.
I whole heartedly agree, and I’ve added that book to my “To Read” list
Thanks
Perhaps I’m old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what’s actually going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say, “Hang the sense of it,” and keep yourself busy. I’d much rather be happy than right any day.
- Douglas Adams
Great quote, but missing a rather crucial bit at the end:
“And are you?” “No. That’s where it all falls down, of course.” “Pity”, said Arthur. “It sounded like rather a good lifestyle otherwise.”
That is such a hard lesson learned; being happy rather than right. It’s one I’m trying to learn more and more, and it has helped.
RIP Douglas Adams. He was an intergalactic treasure. 👍 🦏
Better post about how doomed you are, that’ll fix it.
But for real, some of the communities I’m in have a rule about not posting about negative stories without adding a way to take action, a way to contribute, etc so that it’s not just doom scrolling negativity. Bad news is everywhere and it’s easy to find, anyone can do that.
Taking those bad feelings and channeling them towards something other than wallowing in how bad things are is the important part, not posting and reading. Someone who reads one bad news story a week and calls their representative about it is doing infinitely more than someone who reads every negative story out there to stay “informed”.
I LOVE the idea of including how to take action. As much as Lemmy loves all the guillotine and cranial ventilation comments, they’re not actionable or productive for 99.99% of the user base.
You won’t escape US politics, it’s just not possible
It is a cancer that will infect whatever community you attempt to find refuge in
GOOD LUCK FRIEND
It goes deeper than that. Like it or not, US politics have an influence on the rest of the world. And that’s why it’s so important for everyone to follow international news, no matter where you live. Like it or not, this shit affects us all.
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lemmy world announced they’ll be funded by USA feds
What?
I live in an even shittier country with even worse future prospects, so for me they are still positive messages, and i’m in ave that they are on a totally different level on the maslow pyramid
How is it going in suicide central, elvtárs?
Imagine having a choice in an election.
US vote rules were updated last time in 1965, here rules change before each election, usually 3-4 month prior.
I noticed recently that they stopped publishing 23:59 laws. You know laws which are published on the official website one minute before midnight, and they are valid from the next day. I dont know why they stopped, maybe they did this because it was during a state of emergency?
Migration emergency is still ongoing since 2015, last time they extended until 2024 sept. We had covid emergency and inflation emergency as well. I think the “there is a war in a neighboring country” emergency is still ongoing. I don’t know because the “WAR” billboard ads were replaced with “join the army” and “Orbán is PEACE” ads, I dont know if they are related to this
Lol they have debates there, in television. We had debates, last time it was in 2006.
I’m looking forward to the 2026 elections, its possible that something will change, lol
Before the EU election each opposition party got 10 minutes to speak in the state television. This was an improvement from the 2022 election, they got only 5 minutes each that time. They cannot get any other screentime between elections.
But because of my work I met with guys from Tanzania, and some were coming from some *stan, (maybe kyrgiz? I dont remember) so I know from them that it could be even worse
It’s gotten bad lately – both the posts and the news itself. I feel like I need to take a break myself. Irony of this comment also acknowledged.
All with the blaring self-righteousness of - “I lifted a finger once. Nothing happened overnight. Never again.”
Cheered on by those actively participating in concern trolling divide-and-conquer political campaign tactics, both from within the country and from halfway across the world in China and goddamned russia.Yeah the /all feed legitimately seems to be mostly yank politics, and has felt that way for months. Real tired of hearing about them 😴
And you think we’re not sick of hearing y’all cry about sunak and what labor is doing rn???
Plenty of your comments are you crying about seeing America exist. What you’re crying about right now in this comment us yanks have been dealing with while your elections brewed.
Or what about Brexit? Do you realize we don’t give a fuck? We still hear about it. That bitch of a king, I could go on and on.
It’s almost like when you partake in global communities you’ll hear about shit
Y’all yeehaw snickerdoodle double cheeseburger 🤠🤠🤠🤠
The Political Propaganda machine in the US is now at full steam given how near their Presidential Election is, so we get innundated with “vote X” and “X is great” posts along with “Y is bad” ones.
Advertising has become so abusive that you can’t browse anymore without and AdBlocker, and Political Propaganda is just a more manipulative form of advertising, often pushed by people deeply emotional bound to “their club” (funnilly enough, I also avoid Sports stuff, as it suffers from exactly the same problem) hence far more insiduous and aggressive.
Then to make it even worse, this electoral cycle in the US is all about doom-mongering with not a single message of hope or a bright vision for the Future: in other words, everybody is selling Fear, which at least in traditional Advertising is uncommon.
Telling people to vote is not propaganda it’s a call to action, the one that is a duty to all citizens regardless of country.
You keep using that word far too generally which takes away from your message.
Lastly, it’s not just annual doom mongering. I’m so sorry you have to see it but it’s a big fucking deal and completely unprecedented for us as an entire goddamn country. Our political plights do NOT just boil down to more advertising.
We are fighting for our rights and those of us less fortunate. We’re talking not just freedoms but lives. This is not hyperbole, people are dying and more will die and suffer if we do not shout and scream about it.
I’m sorry our election isn’t easier for you to ignore goddamn. Your final line of how there isn’t a single iota of hope just shows how full of complete shit you are. Shame on you for lying like this.
Bullshit!
If it was about “just vote” you wouldn’t care who for.
That post of yours is such a perfect example of that very sleazy political propaganda I was talking about that the very first paragraph is already deceitful misrepresentation.
Then follows the customary use of political slogans from the Book Of Vote Lesser Evil: it’s “unprecedented” vote - again - “fighting for our rights” and, most hilarious of all for the “less fortunate” (trully beyond belief in a country with a grand total of 4 national politicians who are leftwing, and the rest being overwhelmingly hard-right ultra-neolibs or far-right fascists).
The whole thing reads like somebody who has swallowed the Cool Aid and is giving themselves an excuse to pester everybody else, all very similar to religious nutters proselytizing.
From the outside it’s like watching the Russian Elections but for a country with a Power Duopoly instead of a Power Monopoly, complete with people in their minds boosting way out of proportion the small differences between those two cheeks of the same arse that pass for Political Parties, to convince themselves they actually have a choice (lest they realize having the country governed for the many, not for the fatcats, is never going to happen in that electoral system and they have to do something about it) in some kind of country-sized Stockholm Syndrome.
It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad.
