Escapism is only appropriate in so far as what you are trying to escape from is limited in scope (either temporary, localized to a small area/group, or both) as it allows you to mentally remove yourself from stress and come back and deal with it when you are in a better frame of mind. Indulging in escapism otherwise is harmful.
I'm not saying this to lecture you, but to point out that there are a lot of major issues right now that aren't simply going to go away.
I think the Kübler-Ross model of grief has some relevance here (though it's not perfect.) People are grieving for the loss of the world they were brought up in (or realizing that it was a lie, depending on how you look at it). 'Most' seem to be in the Denial and Bargaining stages, professing that the government is just trying to protect us and if we'd all just wear our masks and get the shot this will be over and we can go back to normal. Pretty much everyone here I'd imagine is somewhere in the Anger and/or Depression stages. We're (justifiably) angry at our governments betraying their founding/professed principles, and/or feeling there is nothing we can do against this assault on our freedoms. None of these reactions is dealing with the problem in a healthy way (at least on their own.), and I'd argue in this case that simple Acceptance isn't healthy or right either.
What we need to do is start actively working toward fixing these issues. And I'm not talking about donating to causes, or voting for politicians (we saw in the last election how effective that is.) Lobbying your local and state politicians to actively oppose these totalitarian/marxist mandates and policies, punish the people and organizations pushing/enacting them, and enact laws and policies to expand and protect personal freedom and traditional values; Preparing yourself/your family to be independent from the existing system pushing enacting marxist values and policies, and attacking the values and people that built the western world; Educating your friends/family about what's been going on. These are the types of things that need to be done (among others) if we want to reverse the takeover of our society by marxists.
Escapism is only appropriate in so far as what you are trying to escape from is limited in scope (either temporary, localized to a small area/group, or both) as it allows you to mentally remove yourself from stress and come back and deal with it when you are in a better frame of mind. Indulging in escapism otherwise is harmful. I'm not saying this to lecture you, but to point out that there are a lot of major issues right now that aren't simply going to go away.
I think the Kübler-Ross model of grief has some relevance here (though it's not perfect.) People are grieving for the loss of the world they were brought up in (or realizing that it was a lie, depending on how you look at it). 'Most' seem to be in the Denial and Bargaining stages, professing that the government is just trying to protect us and if we'd all just wear our masks and get the shot this will be over and we can go back to normal. Pretty much everyone here I'd imagine is somewhere in the Anger and/or Depression stages. We're (justifiably) angry at our governments betraying their founding/professed principles, and/or feeling there is nothing we can do against this assault on our freedoms. None of these reactions is dealing with the problem in a healthy way (at least on their own.), and I'd argue in this case that simple Acceptance isn't healthy or right either.
What we need to do is start actively working toward fixing these issues. And I'm not talking about donating to causes, or voting for politicians (we saw in the last election how effective that is.) Lobbying your local and state politicians to actively oppose these totalitarian/marxist mandates and policies, punish the people and organizations pushing/enacting them, and enact laws and policies to expand and protect personal freedom and traditional values; Preparing yourself/your family to be independent from the existing system pushing enacting marxist values and policies, and attacking the values and people that built the western world; Educating your friends/family about what's been going on. These are the types of things that need to be done (among others) if we want to reverse the takeover of our society by marxists.