How do you cope with the amount of shit that goes on in the world?
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I attempt to ignore it....
Ignoring the US news is the only way I maintain my sanity. Focus on things I can change, and control. I tried staying within the US laws to affect change, to no avail. Now have to support those I can, and protect me and mine.
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Try to learn more, focus on creative/constructive approaches or outlets (not necessarily artistic in nature, but may be).
Sometimes I'll read into history for something or other and find myself mildly amused and sort of relieved to see how familiar the accounts are. Of course it would be better if they weren't so familiar, but it goes to show they're not anything freshly awful. It's a lot of the same old garbage we've yet to effectively deal with, same as ever, but we have been dealing with it.
In other words, I try to take steps to regain perspective to recognize there's as much, if not at times more, good to experience than bad, and even if I struggle to find much good, I can try to make my own sort of good to keep myself going.
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I read the news just to entertain myself. And then I ignore the content because most news are just depressing: Armed conflict here, murder there, capital offense, you get the gist.
For several months I didn't read any news, that works too. You'll realize that most of the stuff in the tv and tabloids doesn't affect you.
And for the third point I do whatever it takes to distract myself, lose myself in or occupy completely. That could be a book with a nice story or some outdoor activity. Yesterday I did some kind of mini-camping. I took my bike and brought camping chair, gas stove, water and cocoa powder and rode a bit into the woods. And then I had some quiet relaxing time reading a book on my phone. The hot chocolate and a thick jacket kept me from freezing. It was only 10 °C/50 °F and a bit windy.
I'll repeat that tomorrow but this time I'll switch the cocoa to tomato-soup-in-a-cup. The cocoa was too sweet for my taste. -
tonight im drinkin but normally fantasy but I can't allow myself much outside of bedtime. Like here is a nice one. Wouldn't it be great if that cigar shaped extra solar object had uploaded us all to a simulation and destroyed our more polluting constructs and the worlds biosphere were actually healing now. Would be nice.
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Therapy.
I saw my need for therapy coming over a year ago, and wait was so long I didn't get therapy started until October.
That and I am hoping to start writing. A blog of some sort. Help me think through everything in a way that might help the two or however many readers I manage to gather.
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You think it’s rough now? Give it about 15 minutes, he’s about to address congress…
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I read theory so I can better understand why the world functions in the way that it does and better predict where its heading. That's the first step in knowing how to make things better. Eventually, when I get the chance, organizing will be the way to put theory to practice and directly work towards making the world a better place.
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Lol. Welcome to chasing a pipe dream or crippling depression.
The answer is largely as simple as socialism plus Kant with some secular Jesus because any system that condones human exploitation will eventually implode due to psychopaths' willingness to sacrifice others for power.
But literally basically everything is done wrong to maximize exploitation. Housing, schooling, medicine, food... All fucked to make the richest richer.
Liberalism is the slow road to fascism.
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Yikes, how'd that go?
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I'm not American, so not only am I distanced from what is going on there, but also from Mr Rogers. Regardless, I take his advice for children- When something bad is happening, look for the helpers. They aren't in the headlines of the day, but they are there.
Following on from this, one of the things that I believe made me an adult was when I started helping the helpers.
Go volunteer for a cause you believe in. You'll not only feel better about the cause, but you'll feel better about yourself, and you'll help other people feel better.
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Rep Al Green (TX) shouted at him about not having a mandate to cut Medicaid until he got removed by the Sergeant at Arms, so….swimmingly?
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I weigh the pros and cons of committing suicide every single day.
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What in the world is socialism plus Kant? I will always defend the study of Kant and view him to the one of the most important figures in the history of the world to read but the foundation concepts of the majority of Kant’s ideas are contradictory with socialism. Deontological ethics are diametrically opposed to dialectal materialism. The presumption of the goal preceding the effect in our analysis fails to look at the underlying reality pinning the action to the world. Even if we accept the categorical imperative’s universality formation, the Kingdom of End’s prior assumption relies on the idea that the autonomous will can even exist, something that is obviously not reasonable within a dialectical materialist framework.
The idea of the transcendental idealism is a phenomenal, not materialist view of the world. Knowledge beginning with sense and not experience would completely be opposed to essentially the entire conclusions and analysis of Marx.
Sorry if I misrepresenting what you mean but my understanding of Kant would make this whole concept be nonsensical.
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As a corollary, not doomscroling social media and news articles helps immeasurably. Seriously, stop it, it is not good for one’s health.
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Don't an hero when there's cool games like super smash bros and mar!o party.
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Weed, psychedelics, gaming, and my least/most favorite alcohol (work in progress, it's complicated).
If you're upset or feel bad, just do what you can and hang on. If you make it through a year, a month, a day... thats a victory. Thats doing something. Things won't be like this forever. Nothing lasts forever.
We don't have to go back to the previous status quo after we weather the storm either. We can make things better for all. Don't let the tiny box thinking people with low standards convince you otherwise.
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I'm traveling to a different Quantum version of our universe. I'm done with all this shit.
