In today's global political climate is it moral for someone with access to information to be apolitical about the current state of the world?

I’ve often espoused my predilection for isolationism. I still fall back to it sometimes, but I realize that there is no way to remain isolated from each other and ignorant to the suffering of all living creatures and the planet itself.

As educated citizens of the world is it okay to just step back and let the chips fall where they may? It’s not like I haven’t thrown my hands up and said fuck it all so many times just for my sanity, but I always vote and I give money to organizations that I feel will use my money for the greater good. Even my nihilistic wife still votes and tries to be as informed as she can.

What’s a person to do? Is it okay to just step back and say fuck it to everything political. Is that selfish? Self-defeating? Just a way to feel like you are not responsible for the state of the world?

Help me understand.

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