The corporations and wealthy people won't change by themselves, only large groups of people can overthrow these types of centralized power systems.
Who's saying you should feel guilty about what specifically?
so I just feel like I should be able to live my life and not have to worry about all this. Why can’t I?
Are you seeking permission or explanation?
This question is very expansive, so it's hard to say exactly why you feel what you do. Instead, let's analyze the structure of modern society from a proletarian perspective. The people in power are placed there through an oligarchy-controlled democratic system, i.e. the democratically elected individuals are undemocratically selected by people that control the means of production to run the show, so all elected members in both established parties in the political class are chosen to be beneficial to the ones with money. The liberal right party (republicans) are increasingly beholden to merging the political class and the economic class together, i.e. fascism.
The other party is torn between liberal progressivism and don't want to cede too much power to corporations, though they still believe that free market capitalism is the most efficient method of distributing resources so they still cede substantial power to an unelected oligarchy. The positive aspect is that this liberal left is dogshit at messaging and pretty much everything else that would give them an advantage. This presents a solution actually. Through external pressure and internal realignment, the liberal left can be pushed into a progressive left position due to the hands-off nature of the oligarchy.
You should feel bad about the current politico-economic system because it's inherently cruel. But that human touch also pushes progress forward and encouges sympathetic progressive individuals to get active, realigning the liberal left into a progressive left. We also need to know about the right time to take action, which is why we need to stay informed.
It's tiring, seeing everything in the world happening, and knowing that we as individuals can't do much. But we can still do something, and when the time is right we can be massively influential. Don't lose hope, and don't forget that we always need to push for a more just society.
I guess it's a mixture of a lot of things.
First of all, there's simply a lot of propaganda. It's difficult to see the truth when you're bombarded with propaganda all the time.
Secondly, it takes a lot of patience to figure out the right thing to do. Lots of people today simply don't have that patience.
Then there is a lot of environmental problems.
It all adds up.
Secondly, it takes a lot of patience to figure out the right thing to do.
Seems pretty simple to me. Align yourself against the oppressors.
I don't think anyone's saying that you're to blame. It's just that you might be persuaded to help clean up this mess.
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