>>Given current events in the USA, I can't emphasize enough how worried one should be

I've been putting my pants on every morning for the last several years, had breakfast, gone to work, and come home without worrying about any current events in the USA and my life seems no different than 50 years ago except I have modern gadgets.

Social media is not the world. In fact, it's 10% of what the real world is like and how the real world thinks. It's why I ignore social media except for HN and one other but I only scan the headlines and rarely pop into comments like this.

And I'm happy.

EDIT: And the comments below are proof why you, too, should ignore all social media and why you, too, will be happier.