Sorry for absolute tangential rant, but what the fuck is happening to our world. What is there actually to do besides quietly observe the insanity that is happening around? Prepare for things to get worse? Is there any other action that a normal citizen can take to actively make things better, besides the usual „go vote for X every Y years“?

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ponector 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>> Is there any other action

Move to the other country, like one in the EU. There are some issues but not like this Tylenol madness.

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the__alchemist 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Stop consuming news and social media.

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xphos 8 hours ago | parent [-]

How do you hold the world accountable if we just ignore reality? No how about we hold the world accountable

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fleeting900 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How is holding the world accountable going with everyone consuming the news and social media firehose for the last decade?

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the__alchemist 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Don't know; have been working through this myself. I'm not proposing ignoring reality; I'm proposing deliberately avoiding propaganda hoses. It's a tough problem.

I know this: Reading the 690th article on Charlie Kirk or whatever other emotion and violence-driven content they are all pumping isn't the way.

	▲	xphos 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I struggle with this because its not just propaganda what the president says or lies about matters and to ignore seems to be at our peril. I agree its a tough problem. Wasn't even thinking about the Charlie Kirk tbh tragedy he was murder, but also shame his funeral was weaponized for political gain. I think it reaffirms that this idea though all propaganda even if ignore becomes a constituent member of the fabric of reality because it has an effect. Every time an Anti-vax idea is espoused by the president is another chip at some future childs life. If they actually revoke the ability to vaccinate its not just the children and grandchild of the people cheering Trump who will suffer its just children in general.

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leetharris 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Honestly, log off the internet and touch grass. Things have always been like this, and most things that happen are inconsequential to your average person.

Like, who cares if he says Tylenol is bad for pregnant women? Just do whatever you want to do anyways.

	▲	us-merul 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The point of the article addresses this. A directive on Tylenol like this then gives pretext to dramatically reduce vaccine access, which affects everyone.
	▲	guhcampos 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Not really. Blaming Tylenol is actually a surprisingly harmless and almost a relief. Remember it used to be vaccines until a few days ago. Antivax sentiment is not inconsequential to the average person. Gun rights are not inconsequential to the average person. Women rights are not inconsequential to the average person. I get that some progressive arguments seem to be only relevant to particular audiences - "why should I care about trans rights if I'm not trans?" - but reality is these are a small portion of the actual discussions which take a disproportionate amount of atention from issues that do affect everyone.