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Talking politics somehow hits different when it's completely real ๐ญ
Also there are so many layers - there's reality, what you know of reality (e.g. am I personally an economics expert?), the perception of reality, plus that of other people, and whether you feel in any given moment like being trolled by edgelords on the internet for daring to speak your truth (Lemmy can be very supportive, so long as you agree 100% with the prevailing hivemind viewpoint present in any given community).
Also there's a utility aspect: what good does talking do, these days? Here I am not arguing that in the reality dimension but rather the perception one, i.e. people lose hope.
And overall, people get overwhelmed by it all, because it is just so much. Case in point: ๐ฝ.