means you are now uninformed and unable to stop it from sucking

This seems better than being informed and unable to stop it from sucking, which was what I was doing previously.

closing down your visibility to, for example, news and politics that are negative puts you in a bad place to vote

I mean, I kiiinda agree, but not totally. I definitely do vote. I usually block out a few days to research candidates and propositions before filling out my ballot. So I am making an informed vote.

However, I don’t see how getting a play-by-play of the world falling apart is helpful. I get the summary when it’s time to vote, then I put it away. I can’t stop Trump from doing stupid shit. I can’t stop the war in Ukraine. I can’t stop Elon from befriending Nazis.

put on your big girl panties and let’s get past the worldwide push for authoritarian take overs

How?? All I can do is vote in my own country. And I did that. I’ve tried talking to friends and family, but I have yet to convince a Trumper of anything. They don’t care about reality. It doesn’t matter if I have all my facts straight. They don’t want to listen.

I can donate to Ukraine for the war, donate to orgs suing the government, or go to a protest, but all of that seems orthogonal to watching daily/weekly news.

It seems like being “informed” is just a way to “feel” like you’re doing something? Am I missing something here? I don’t get it.