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I know you didn't ask for guidance but how you're feeling is clearly a function of how plugged in you are. Do you use social media? Watch news daily? How much and for how long? I ask because...
...this is not unprecedented in American politics. The best (and frankly the funniest) examples are Jefferson v. Adams (1800) and Jackson vs. Adams (1828). That's not to say I condone it, but rather that it's not unique to this election, or even to American politics and history. For all our technological and scientific progress we're still human.
I've been cutting back significantly since the start of the year. I've dwindled down posting on Reddit to about once a month. I have a site blocker on all my devices that blocks it. When I do override it, it's so I can view non-politcial content, and even then its only for 30 minutes at a time. I'm not on any other social media service, either. No Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, you name it. I do watch a lot of YouTube, but like how I handle Reddit now, its mostly for non-political content. I don't watch the news, and I don't even have linear TV. Until recently, I would make the rounds on more neutral news sites, like the AP, Reuters, and NPR, but now I've just paired it down to a local news site that picks up national and international stories from the AP/Reuters wires. I'm trying to fight our society's incessant need to have the most late-breaking news at our fingertips.
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