You are not alone in this struggle. Since I had a weird case of "the flu" at the middle of this year I developed a strong daily back pain. It's hard not to correlate both things.
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Absolutely, they can't conceive other forms of heroism apart from being some sort of special individual, a typical liberal sickness.
As an example of something different, a comic I would recommend is The Eternaut (by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Argentinian), it's a classic from the late 50s. There, the hero is conformed by a group/a collective. I don't want to spoil it too much but the enemy is a very interesting allegory for western imperialism. It's available in english at libgen.
I haven't really done much with that laptop since it's so underpowered- even browsing many modern websites is asking way too much from it and you can just forget about Youtube.
To watch videos you can use the terminal, write "mpv [URL of the video]" and configure the player to a lower resolution if 1080 or 720p is too much for your hardware. That's what I do in my old laptop with antix, along with a lightweight browser like w3m or falkon. Sometimes I don't even use web browsers, I just check the channels I am subscribed to via the terminal with the application Newsboat to get the video links.
La profecía! 
PD: Todo esto es culpa de Racing.
Soy de Argentina, es lo que más conozco. Ignoro si la proporción de contenido zurdo es mas alta que en otros paises.
Argentinos, a menos que se especifique lo contrario:
Historiador Pablo Borda: https://www.youtube.com/@pablobordaok
Economista Guido Agostinelli https://www.youtube.com/@EconomiaSinFalacias
El Fundido (marxismo a full) https://www.youtube.com/@ElFundido
Arqueólogo PutoMikel (español) https://www.youtube.com/@PutoMikel
Anarquistas Mapuches (chilenos), Escupamos la Historia https://www.youtube.com/@EscupamosLaHistoria
Intervenciones Gringas (yanki, vive en Mexico, habla español) https://www.youtube.com/@IntervencionesGringas
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Cine:
Apolita (uruguaya) https://www.youtube.com/@Aapolita
El Feo (español) y sus canales: La Filmoteca Maldita, y Antropología en la Sombra
https://www.youtube.com/@Lafilmotecamaldita
https://www.youtube.com/@antropologiaenlasombra6347
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Filosofía, algunos no se autoproclaman explícitamente de izquierda pero igual son muy interesantes:
Filosofía de la Historia (mexicano) https://www.youtube.com/c/Filosof%C3%ADadelaHistoria
Nahuel Michalski https://www.youtube.com/@nahuelmichalski
Leonor Silvestri https://www.youtube.com/@haciendoamiguesconleonor
Filocrítica https://www.youtube.com/@filosofiacritica1691
Darin McNabb (mexicano/yanki) https://www.youtube.com/@darinmex
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Temas Varios:
Nicolas Durruti https://www.youtube.com/@nicolasdurruti
Café Kyoto https://www.youtube.com/c/Caf%C3%A9Kyoto
Doctrina Conceptual https://www.youtube.com/@DoctrinaConceptual
Alba Lafarga (española) https://www.youtube.com/@AlbaLafarga
Quetzal (español) https://www.youtube.com/@QuetzalOvejasElectricas
Angela Vicario (española) https://www.youtube.com/@AngelaVicario/videos
Ayme Roman (española) https://www.youtube.com/@AymeRoman
Otro que no se autoproclama pero hace buenos videos, César Hernández (mexicano):
Esquizofrenia Natural: https://www.youtube.com/@EsquizofreniaNatural
Canal secundario, Cordura Artificial https://www.youtube.com/@CorduraArtificial
Posdata https://www.youtube.com/@Posdata_ar
Diego Ruzzarin https://www.youtube.com/@DiegoRuzzarin
If you like video essays I could recommend a few too.
Whenever you are ready I'd recommend you to start with a Debian based distro like Linux Mint, do a dual boot. It is great for beginners who are used to Windows, Linux has become far more user friendly than 10 years ago, now you can have a functional partition running with the most important apps in 30 minutes, no hassles at all. It only gets complicated if you want to dwell into nerdy stuff or run some very specific apps that are not native to the OS (there is always a way, though!). And Desktop Environments like Cinnamon, KDE or GNOME provide cool Graphic User Interfaces to allow a high degree of customization, just a few clicks and your desktop is looking beautiful, fast and comfortable. :)
I have a few books on the waiting list (by Polanyi, Unamuno and Yuk Hui) but I keep getting distracted distrohopping to KDE plasma distros. I've already tried Kubuntu 24.10 and had some compatibility issues. The more I use Ubuntu, the more I understand why the glorious Linux Mint exists. I've also installed another partition with Fedora KDE just to play a little with non Debian based distros. Only time will tell if I go back to the always loyal Cinnamon Mint.
I wish I knew more about those countries, I've heard similar things happened starting at the late 80s. It's almost as if they had a recipe for cultural annihilation, once you break the spirit of a nation all you have is atomized individuals highly manageable for foreign Capital.
There is one particular story a good commie friend of mine likes to tell, he worked at several radio stations and in the music industry during the 50 to 70s period, he saw how the dictatorship governments applied censorship to Tango and Folklore as a tool to neutralize any subversive expression while allowing American record companies to take control of the market, distorting the artists work to make it "more marketable", introducing foreign trends. That's when I understood his distaste for rock music. Not all rock of course, but the bland, harmless and simplistic version of it.
A lot of good artists had to exile the country and some took bad decisions giving in to the big records demands.
Throw in some AI powered blockchain NFTs and problem solved.