Oops, I just read the whole thread. I thought you were making a joke when I first read it.

Having maybe stuck my foot in my mouth, I'll say that I get much more upset about world events when I'm depressed (I finally had to stop reading/watching news for a while last summer - I still think it was a particularly awful time, world events-wise.)

When I'm recovering from a depression, much of my energy is focused on that recovery. I've noticed that that seems to leave me less interested in world events and with fewer feelings and opinions to spare for them.

Maybe one of these years I'll hit a happy medium.