a friend of mine completely tunes out politics and most current events, claiming she's much happier (at least happier than me) because she's not worried, outraged, concerned, pissed about a bunch of stuff neither of us have the slightest bit of control or influence over. The government will do what it does, the corporations will do what they do, and all any one of us can do is try to navigate the path as well as we can and overcome our own personal obstacles and challenges.

It has a definite appeal, that notion.