People don’t chase political news because they’re informed citizens. They chase it because they’re human.
We are wired to believe that one more piece of information will finally give us safety, certainty, and control. A rustle in the bushes used to be a predator. Now it’s a headline. It's the exact same nervous system, just in a different century.
But adrenaline doesn’t feel like adrenaline anymore. It feels like "responsibility." It feels like, I should stay informed. It feels like, This might be the thing that finally explains everything. And yet, nothing ever resolves. The next urgent update arrives five minutes later, and you’re right back in the loop.
Political drama is literally engineered to tug at the parts of a human being that make them miserable: vigilance, fear, outrage, and the fantasy that if you just stare at the chaos long enough, you’ll somehow prevent it.
You won’t. And more importantly, you don’t have to.
That whisper you feel when your finger hovers over the news tab—the one that quietly says don’t—isn't apathy. That’s wisdom. It’s the part of you that knows the world wasn’t built to be held in your mind. It was built to be lived in.