I feel when Bucha happened in Ukraine still a lot of people were shocked and outraged. But somehow this extreame achievement of the human race to formulate human rights and at least try to defend them is withering away.
- Genocide in Gaza, meh.
- Genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh whatever.
- Genocide in some African country again? They always have some genocide going on there
- Genocide in Xinjang? Look they are dancing in the propaganda videos, how bad can it be?
- UK sending refugies from all over the world to Rwanda? They categorized it as a save country so what’s the Problem?
- Guantanamo is still open? We haven’t heard much about it for years, probably everything is ok there
I could go on and on. So is it just the times now that nobody wants WWIII so we are just looking the other way? Even worse, if you want to protest for human rights, you get into trouble, not just in dictatorship countries, but in Germany, US, etc.
This is definitely the issue. For most of modern history, humans haven’t had to care about anything outside of their city/town/village from day to day. Then social media and 24/7 news came along and suddenly we know everything going on, and most of it is bad because that’s what drives viewership.
We shouldn’t expect every person to be worried about every issue all the time. It’s just not good for you.
I’m personally trying not to focus on things outside of my sphere of influence. I’ll vote in elections, donate if I can spare the money, volunteer if I can spare the time, and buy products I know are more ethical than alternatives. That’s realistically the most anyone should ask of one (frankly unremarkable) person.
Exactly, it’s naiive to think that because someone isn’t actively doing something means they don’t care. It’s great to remind them, even try to keep it in their heads, but never assume they just don’t care until they prove otherwise.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, I was having full-on panic attacks. I could barely sleep, I lost weight, it was bad. I got help, and I learned how I just can’t think about the entirety of the world. Exactly what you said - vote, call my senators/congressmen, but that once I’ve done what I can then I have to be content with that, that’s all I can do. What I’ve started doing is becoming more vocal and active in my local community on a few issues, and that has brought me a lot of peace and content, it’s something I can actively do to make people’s lives better.