Capitalism isn't the problem

- I disagree with this.

1. Capitalist companies are legal, but non-biological, entities that shoulder the blame of the harm or impact made by individual entities within the company. So many cases where an individual steers a company towards harmful outcomes only to move on to another company to do the same.
2. Capitalism priorities profit over everything else including the well-being of employees, customers and the environment. Look at US real wages against US GDP growth from 1979-today. As workers become more productive working longer hours and maximising technology, the companies retain the profits and employee wages stagnated.
3. Capitalism has no real ethical ethos which can be seen in the absence of genuine or fulsome ethical studies in economics courses.
4. Money begets money. In a capitalist system, it is much easier to make money when you already have it. This issue is exacerbated by the lack of wage increases meaning as inflation increases the value of your wages decreases. A majority of existing Billionaires became rich in a different time (i.e. conditions) or inherited their wealth. But sure, just pick yourself up by your bootstraps and keep working hard and you'll get that carrot eh?
5. There are those in society who are unable to compete in a capitalist market such as people with physical or mental disabilities. Should they be forgotten about? Conservative capitalists see these people as weak and a drain on resources. They are unprofitable!

You may not care now, but you will when it affects you. Your 'normal' life now may not be the normal of tomorrow. Are you ready for that? Do you want to have a say in what that looks like or just be told?

I'd wager you're in a somewhat financially comfortable position (not rich, just comfortable) and all you want to do is happily scroll through mildly entertaining content. OK, that's fine, I'm sure that's what a lot of people would like to do, even those recently 'politicised' by recent events. However, with Democracy at stake, there are those among us who must answer the call of injustice when required. I'm sorry this is messing up your earthly experience which, just as an aside, you are lucky to have given you could have been born into third world poverty.

For example, I wonder if the starving children in Gaza would share your sentiment about Capitalism? Is it helping them? Absolutely not. In fact, I would suggest that Trump's and Isreal's plan to redevelop Gaza into "the Riviera of the Middle East" is a fully 'Capitalist' initiative and they are willing to do anything it takes to get their way. Think about the mental gymnastics here: Trump is saying that HAMAS (Palestinian Muslim radicals) must release their Israeli hostages, because he 'cares' about their well-being, but if they aren't released then the bombing of innocent people in Gaza will resume. Such a humanitarian.

I get that you may not like the political nature of Lemmy but it represents the unfiltered views of public, not the personalised engagement and echo chamber content you're used too. That said, I hear Facebook is always looking for new members who enjoy minion memes, advertisements and privacy intrusions. Maybe you'll find your 'people' there?

But why I should care about third world countries that have nothing to do with me, my loved ones, or even those whom I admire

A few reasons come to mind:
1. 'They' are you. I know you consider yourself to be separate to the rest of the world, but you are not. You did not come into the world, you came out of it.
2. They are in need of help. Where would you be in your your life without support for your blindness? Why should anyone care about your needs like developing screen readers, braille, walking sticks, allowances for seeing eye dogs, etc? The answer is: because you are human, just like 'they' are, and human lives have intrinsic value even if Capitalism does not bother to quantify it.
3. Caring for and helping others in life is a source of genuine personal fulfillment that online content, money or material possessions could never achieve.
4. They didn't choose to be born into poverty, just as you did not choose to be born into a system that has the desire and resources available to support you in your disability. It was pure luck. The majority of people in third-world countries are just ordinary people that want to live simple lives. Only, instead of building their career, dating, having kids or taking vacations, they are in constant fear of death from above, hungry, searching for lost loved ones, digging through rubble or fearful of the latest ultimatum issued by a country halfway around the world.

I'm not sure if you're aware, but the right-wing Christian Nationalists, now surging into power under the Republican administration, are currently targeting trans-gender rights, but you can bet your bottom dollar they'll be coming for gays and lesbians next because of their religious beliefs. Would you care then?