are you actually for real, dawg?

Well, then again, if the tolerant tolerate intolerance soon they themselves will not be tolerated, you know?

I myself despise capitalism, and would not like to see the current global ecological disaster worsen because some stupid-ass techbros forcing their shit on everyone.

i remember seeing this meme around when the US tiktok ban -idea was confirmed and some usians who started to use similar chinese apps had actual conversations with actual chinese netizens. thankfully they brought back tiktok to the usians so they could keep drinking the capitalist imperialist koolaid. also i see the western liberals have attacked this with downvotes for daring to post anything that conflicts with their presupposed capitalistic white supremacy.

it’s a funny joke, but it still gets a downvote because of ai

I think I saw a clip of an interview with Gil Scott-Heron (who wrote The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) about how the meaning of that text to him was that the urge for revolution will not be awakened externally, but that each must go through that process internally. Or at least that’s how I understood that. Here is that clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZvWt29OG0s

EINS, ZWEI, POLIZEI

i’m kinda hoping we might see the capitulation of western capitalist imperialism during my lifetime, and take more proud steps towards the Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism that awaits us. Hand in hand towards a redder dawn, so to say.

Every cop is a snitch. Snitches get stitches. Every cop is also a class traitor. Cops get ambushed in the woods, their bodies strewn about where they fall to be eaten by wild animals.

I don’t know which is worse: the fact that people actually think they can vote fascism away, or that they might succeed in that and so people will forget ameriKKKa’s real face: that of an orange-tinted, hateful, demented, racist pedophile with tiny hands signalling everything that is wrong with capitalism.

I see your centrist attitude is more advanced that other centrists’, so much so that it no longer enables fascism, unlike every other centrist! wow, you are so smart, i am totally in awe of you.

I can see you already got told multiple times in these comments. But then again, I think, most can also see you don’t actually know anything you are talking about, OR don’t care to know because you are a right-wing fucknut. So, uh.

i’m pretty sure the idea with anticapitalist sentiment isn’t to go backwards anymore, you know?

first-class example of whataboutism, favourite of useful idiots worlwide!

I actually saw “Don’t Look Up” last year for the first time and let me tell ya, it was too real.

There is no war in Ba Sing Se, you hear me? THERE IS NO WAR IN BA SING SE

i don’t know of anyone having built an actual working relationship from an on-off situation like that. examples of such might exist, but generally i doubt that it’s even possible.

I can assure you you aren’t alone in this.

It seems in fact that your girlfriend is right there with you, but like it was already said here I feel you need to communicate it to her in a way that she actually understands that you are trying to limit your news intake because of your mental well-being. Maybe advice her for you and her to try to do it together or something? Like that neither of you would read as much (political/economical) news so that she wouldn’t even feel the need to try to alleviate her panic by sharing it with you, as I’m assuming that’s the reason she’s sharing her panic with you. Then maybe try to spread this “ideology” of sorts to your immediate surroundings, if all you hear there as well is just the doom and gloom of late-stage capitalism. Rather talk about good things, like the inherent beauty of ever-present life if all else fails.

Things that have helped me in the past with my personal mental health problems was to not push myself too hard to achieve beyond my current capabilities. If you feel worn down by everyday life too much maybe you can reduce the amount of physical activity at the moment? Don’t get me wrong running AND exercising 3 to 5 times a week is amazing, especially for a retired person and something I have never been able to achieve, but I still think it’s worth making adjustments as needed. But that’s up to you to decide if you feel that’s something you want to keep up.

Another thing could be community work. Current situation in the world seems hopeless on a grander scheme, but I have personally found much joy in volunteer community work, in my immediate community. I don’t know where you are or what is available to you, but I suggest looking into something like that.

And of course, as you know already, stop doomscrolling. I removed my social media accounts some time ago, but still find myself occasionally mindlessly scrolling the feeds on youtube and lemmy. Which is still just doomscrolling. The short-form video is one of the worst – if not straight-up the worst – drug I have ever tried (and I’ve tried several) for ease of relapse. Maybe look into private DNS providers and internet content blockers if you haven’t already to help you with avoiding the shit that’s out there.

I’m guessing there will be many people in the comments who share your predicament and will have other ways of alleviating, here are some of mine. Good luck!

now you’'re just doubling down on the bullshit

nah, more like jumping on the bandwagon to shit on anyone conforming our presupposed biases. but sure, whatever