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you do what you can. Watch the movie, it isn't actually going to hurt you and knowlege is usually a good thing even if it is disturbing. But keep in mind (and this is the knowlege thing), there is another side or two to the story.
But the bottom line is you do what you can, what you can afford (in both money, ethics, and comfort). There are people all over the planet that would be grateful for a big mac and some corn syrup. So be grateful you can afford to take some positive steps in changing the system. And don't worry so much over what you can't do. Stay in the circle of influence and don't stress too much about the stuff in the circle of concern - as the trendy motivators were preaching a few years ago. I liked that one.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, there was a diagram with two circles one inside the other - the outside one is often quite big and it illustrates all the things you might be concerned about (the environment, the politics of the world, war, population, etc) and the inside was the circle of influence - those were the things you could actually do something about - putting in a small garden - buying local, voting or working a campaign, limiting the number of children etc etc. Stressing about the things that concern you inhibits your ability to actually act on the things you can influence. It was a diagram to illustrate and show the need to focus on the work that matters.
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