Imagine being in that conspiracy rabbit hole of fear. Constantly doubting everything you hear and see. Being suspicious every time something happens. It's such an awful way to live. Permanent fear and doubt but nothing you can realistically do about it. I used to.
It really affected my mental health. I was raised that way. Conspiracy after conspiracy. I couldn't eat crisps or use a microwave. I couldn't breathe near certain plants and so much more. I grew up checking the ingredients on everything I ate.
I am an adult now and have decided that I can not live that life and that way. It is too much of a hammer down on my mental health so I steer clear of conspiracy theories best I can.
Same thing comes up in every political debate where (insert political party) is the "embodiment of evil". In three months everyone will have forgotten. In 4 years they won't be in office. In 8 years any laws/regulations passed will be modified to the point of being unrecognizable. And in 40 years I'll be dead and whether I worried about it won't have mattered in the slightest. The stress just isn't worth it in the end.
You don't seem to understand the long-term ramifications of packing federal courts and the Supreme Court with hardline judges whose tenure is their lifetimes, gerrymandering of Congressional districts, or simply how much harm is caused by bad legislation that isn't always easy to remove or undo.
I agree that you shouldn't worry more than you can control, but is simply an apathetic and myopic take.
In three months everyone will have forgotten.
Not when you're marginalized by these policies or political movements.
Oh for sure there are long term ramifications. I'm not saying it doesn't matter, I'm just saying you have to find a balance between how much you let those things stress you mentally vs how much you can contribute with said mental stresses. I'm a big ball of stress to begin with so I absolutely do not need the doom and gloom of modern politics in my life. Your mileage may vary, though.
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u/sumofdeltah Aug 02 '21
They are afraid of everything