Why are ordinary people becoming indifferent to current affairs?
One netizen answered like this: Less official media praise, more focus on people's livelihood.
I believe this answer not only speaks to my heart, but also to the hearts of many ordinary people.
A few days ago, this year's Olympics had already ended, but how many people knew that this year's Olympics had already started? If it wasn't for the name Quan Hongchan, how many people would have paid attention to the fact that there was an Olympics this year?
Why do ordinary people only know Quan Hongchan and not the Olympics?
It is precisely Quan Hongchan's experience that satisfies the fantasy of ordinary people in today's reality. Quan Hongchan, through her own efforts, changed the living standards of her entire family.
But Quan Hongchan is just one person. In today's environment, how many people work like oxen and horses, working more than ten hours a day, yet cannot even earn enough for a down payment on a house.
Hope for the future is dim.
Earning only two to three thousand yuan a month, but caring about rocket launches, how many gold medals in the Olympics, the launch of aircraft carriers, which country is going to war - isn't this absurd?
Just like during the recent Olympics, all self-media and official media were cheering for the Olympics, how many gold medals were won?
Does this really have anything to do with us ordinary people?
Now, many people are facing rejection after rejection when applying for jobs, without even a single job opportunity. Yet, these media outlets do not stand up to speak for the ordinary people.
They always like to use macro-narratives to cover up the individual's bleakness, as if we weak individuals should not be highlighted in their macro-narratives.
There is no doubt that most ordinary people are simple.
But now, even struggling to have enough to eat, without a stable job, worrying about being laid off at any moment, having no hope for the future, can we expect ordinary people to care about current affairs?
At this point, who cares about current affairs? As long as poor ordinary people can eat their fill every day.
As a poor ordinary person who can't even afford to eat, do they really deserve to keep up with current affairs? How much can you understand? Even if you understand, can you, a poor ordinary person, solve any problems? It's just needless worrying.
The increasing social injustice.
In the past, due to underdeveloped media, information and news were relatively scarce, and ordinary people might often gather to discuss current affairs.
But now, the Internet is quite developed, various online articles and short videos can convey the latest information to ordinary people in seconds.
It can also let ordinary people know the truth that was previously impossible to know, but by now, ordinary people have become numb. Where is the time to care about current affairs?
Today's news, this corrupt official was caught embezzling billions, tomorrow another embezzles billions. How can poor ordinary people care about current affairs?
Today, ordinary people can't even afford a house. Those who have a house are thinking about next month's mortgage. However, corruption scandals involving billions keep happening. How many ordinary people will never achieve this even after generations of hard work?
Caring about news and current affairs won't put food on the table, won't pay the mortgage. Is there any significance in paying attention?
After a day of hard work, coming home exhausted, worrying about consuming contaminated food, paying attention to current affairs will only add unnecessary anxiety.
It's not that ordinary people have changed, it's that society has changed, making ordinary people feel cold-hearted, hence becoming indifferent to everything.
Perhaps, it's not that ordinary people have become indifferent, but that they have become more clear-headed.