It must be nice to be privileged enough to ignore politics and be happy. I could, but my employer doesn’t. My landlord doesn’t. CEO 's don’t. They lobby to keep prices high, wages low, and workers powerless…
It must be nice to be privileged enough to ignore politics and be happy.
Is “privileged” what we’re calling it when when you’ve resigned yourself to being powerless? That seems less like privilege and more like despair.
my employer doesn’t. My landlord doesn’t. CEO 's don’t. They lobby to keep prices high, wages low, and workers powerless…
If the privileged people are engaged with politics and the disenfranchised people are powerless, wouldn’t this suggest that engaging with politics is the privilege and its being reserved for the exceptionally wealthy?
I don’t think they meant to bite at anyone. I feel compassion for anyone who has been beaten down by our system and doesn’t have any fight left. I still have a little, and I take that statement as encouragement to keep fighting. Despair and depression are brutal and I’ll keep fighting for both of us.
I think you’re correlating people who have stopped engaging with people who don’t care.
I have panic attacks when I think about the state of our world. I block out most posts that trigger me. If I didn’t, I’d be a nervous wreck sitting in misery if I didn’t. That doesn’t mean I don’t know what’s happening, I’m very aware and I keep up, but I’m also not going to have a constant feed of anxiety forced in my face.
We used to be informed if we read a daily newspaper. Don’t confuse “refusing to have constant anxiety” with privilege.
Yep, I vote every election and encourage people around me to vote too, what else am I supposed to do? i am not gonna get into politics, I am not gonna organize some activism stuff as I don’t care that much about telling people what to think.
I vote based on my conscience, often against my own financial interests and then watch the people do the exact opposite, feel a bit of despair about humanity in general then move on.
Exactly how I feel. I did what I could. I voted, I encouraged others to vote, I informed myself and others of the issues. I voted to help those in need and to bolster protections for those in need - even at my own expense. Then over half the country voted against their own interests. Ironically, financially the policies I expect to be put in place will probably help me, but I worry for our country. But what else am I supposed to do now? People who voted for this or didn’t vote (and in my mind that’s just a lazier way of voting for what happened), well, I wish them luck if they needed those programs. I feel for everyone who voted for them and are looking at having them taken away.
Not sure what you mean, Buddhists are some of the best activists out there. Buddhism believes in the Middle Way. By avoiding suffering, you are denying yourself enlightenment. However seeking/creating unnecessary suffering is also bad.
I mean it will not bring happiness but it will avoid suffering. I get that is not what is meant I was just being cute about the comic and the general interpretation of the four truths.
Being able to participate in politics and democracy is a privilege in itself, imo. Not as much as not having to do so anyway (under a democracy, dictatorships don’t count), but I still think it’s a privilege.
Not to brush off your problems, though. Sorry you’re dealing with all of that.
It must be nice to be privileged enough to ignore politics and be happy. I could, but my employer doesn’t. My landlord doesn’t. CEO 's don’t. They lobby to keep prices high, wages low, and workers powerless…
Is “privileged” what we’re calling it when when you’ve resigned yourself to being powerless? That seems less like privilege and more like despair.
If the privileged people are engaged with politics and the disenfranchised people are powerless, wouldn’t this suggest that engaging with politics is the privilege and its being reserved for the exceptionally wealthy?
I don’t think they meant to bite at anyone. I feel compassion for anyone who has been beaten down by our system and doesn’t have any fight left. I still have a little, and I take that statement as encouragement to keep fighting. Despair and depression are brutal and I’ll keep fighting for both of us.
I think you’re correlating people who have stopped engaging with people who don’t care.
I have panic attacks when I think about the state of our world. I block out most posts that trigger me. If I didn’t, I’d be a nervous wreck sitting in misery if I didn’t. That doesn’t mean I don’t know what’s happening, I’m very aware and I keep up, but I’m also not going to have a constant feed of anxiety forced in my face.
We used to be informed if we read a daily newspaper. Don’t confuse “refusing to have constant anxiety” with privilege.
Yep, I vote every election and encourage people around me to vote too, what else am I supposed to do? i am not gonna get into politics, I am not gonna organize some activism stuff as I don’t care that much about telling people what to think.
I vote based on my conscience, often against my own financial interests and then watch the people do the exact opposite, feel a bit of despair about humanity in general then move on.
Exactly how I feel. I did what I could. I voted, I encouraged others to vote, I informed myself and others of the issues. I voted to help those in need and to bolster protections for those in need - even at my own expense. Then over half the country voted against their own interests. Ironically, financially the policies I expect to be put in place will probably help me, but I worry for our country. But what else am I supposed to do now? People who voted for this or didn’t vote (and in my mind that’s just a lazier way of voting for what happened), well, I wish them luck if they needed those programs. I feel for everyone who voted for them and are looking at having them taken away.
I think the promise here is the idea it will bring happiness. As any good buddhist will tell you it will just avoid suffering.
Not sure what you mean, Buddhists are some of the best activists out there. Buddhism believes in the Middle Way. By avoiding suffering, you are denying yourself enlightenment. However seeking/creating unnecessary suffering is also bad.
I mean it will not bring happiness but it will avoid suffering. I get that is not what is meant I was just being cute about the comic and the general interpretation of the four truths.
Totally fair. I misinterpreted what you meant, my bad
Being able to participate in politics and democracy is a privilege in itself, imo. Not as much as not having to do so anyway (under a democracy, dictatorships don’t count), but I still think it’s a privilege.
Not to brush off your problems, though. Sorry you’re dealing with all of that.
look at that privilege ☞
Well they’ve got the time and money for hobbies like that.
And I’m pretty sure they’re not commenting on political posts so they’re happy.
I’m sure if I could do more than howl into the uncaring void I’d be happy with politics, too.