I struggle with this, I feel like Lemmy has affected me negatively overall. I guess you can't blame bad news being shared when the world is objectively shit, but no one benefits by you ruining you mental health.
Apathy and people not caring about politics is something that negatively affects the world by leaving all the choices to the ones with bad intentions, but caring too much can very quickly lead to desperation and hopelessness. I've been diving a bit into world history, trying to clear my mind from misconceptions and propaganda, but what I'm realizing is that everyone sucked, maybe excluding early hunter-gatherers.
In order to change the world, it takes power and the ability to cause harm to the ones standing your way, but this means that well meaning people who just want themselves and everyone around them to live a happy life can't really do much about it because doing something about it most often involves picking a side and dominating opposition. That unfortunately leaves powerful positions to the ones who are willing to do all that, who probably don't care all that much about everyone being happy or themselves being brutal.
And I think that's why we're left with a world so uncaring, so hostile to its own self, willing to take everyone down with them instead of working together.
Sorry for the rant, but it makes me feel better
I sort of feel the opposite. I've come to the conclusion that it's only possible to fully achieve through violence and power, and I can't morally support that happening, there are good people on both sides.
You can get a mix of socialism that helps band-aid the problems caused by capitalism, but the root of the problem is still there.