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  • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyztome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    26 days ago

    I will grant that social media has given us access to all of the misery we want all of the time, and that those algorithms also prioritize content that makes us angry.

    However, it would be toxic positivity to say that things are actually fine or even pretty good.

    Things are objectively getting worse. Income inequality is somewhere between near gilded age levels and worse. The planet is dying in front of our eyes. Fascists are taking power in many governments.

    Things are actually pretty bleak. That doesn’t mean there’s no hope. But burying your head in the sand and pretending things are fine … well, I can understand that impulse. And I can understand that for some, it’s a coping mechanism. And for sure, do what you gotta to get by and all. But it’s not helpful in the broader sense.