Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being
by dragonwriter on Monday October 19, 2020 @03:21AM
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> I'd like being politically illiterate, but morally and ethically educated.
> If politics is manufactured outrage
But it's not; politics is everything concerning government.
Manufactured outrage is a common tool for manipulating the politically illiterate.
Re:Reading too much political news is bad for your well-being
by hanche on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:03AM
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I would state it even more broadly: Politics is everything concerning how society is organised. Of course, government is a big part of that, but it is not the whole. For example, how mutual trust in society is created or eroded is a political question in my mind.
If politics is manufactured outrage and pandering to the lowest common denominator, and ethics is the study of universal moral invariants, those core values that should always apply when making decisions... I'd say screw political engagement.