Why We Should Be Ashamed of Ourselves

We Lit the Match and Ran

We destabilised the Middle East, created power vacuums, and then acted surprised when terror groups filled the gap. Millions fled war zones we helped create, and instead of offering safety, we argued over borders like cowards. We kicked the hornet’s nest and now blame the hornets for stinging. We should be ashamed of ourselves.

We Eat Poison and Call It Food

We allowed corporations to fill supermarket shelves with chemical-laced, disease-promoting junk. Our kids are eating lab-engineered sugar bombs marketed as “healthy” snacks. And we’re nodding along like everything’s fine. Spoiler alert: it’s not. Rates of cancer, Alzheimer’s, autoimmune disorders and diabetes are skyrocketing and we still think it’s just genetics.

Medicine Became a Profit Scheme

Pharmaceutical companies don’t just sell medicine, they sell control. Cures are buried if they’re not profitable. Doctors receive bonuses for prescribing expensive treatments like chemotherapy, even when it’s not the best option. Yes, that’s legal. Yes, it’s happening. And no, we’re not doing anything about it.

We Handed Power to a Game Show Host

We made a joke of democracy, then gave nuclear codes to a man who thought facts were optional. It wasn’t just America’s mistake. The ripple effects hit all of us. History warned us, and we hit snooze. Now we’re watching a global backlash to truth, rights and decency. Still laughing?

Suffering Became Entertainment

We consume tragedy like it’s reality TV. Someone loses their home, their rights, or their life, and we treat it like another headline to scroll past. The news isn’t news anymore. It’s a content feed, carefully curated for clicks, not change.

The Planet Is Dying While We Queue for Phones

Species are vanishing. Oceans are acidifying. Ice is melting faster than your WiFi can load a cat video. But hey, the new iPhone just dropped, so let’s ignore the carbon footprints and get excited about slightly better cameras.

We Are the Virus

We’ve surpassed 8 billion people on a planet that scientists warned couldn’t sustainably support five. Now we’re talking about colonising Mars before we’ve learned to share Earth. If there’s intelligent life out there, they should absolutely ghost us.

We Don’t Understand Money and It’s About to Bite Us

Most people have no clue what Fiat currency is, yet every economy on Earth runs on it. That should terrify you. Instead, we’re binge-watching reality shows while our financial system lurches toward collapse. This is fine, right?

We’re Still Judging People for Existing

Racism, homophobia, sexism, religious hate! It’s all still here. Loud and proud. We claim to be advanced, then shame people for their skin colour, sexuality, or the fact that they play Pokémon. Grow up.

We Learn Nothing. Over and Over.

Even when we survive something horrific, some politician always finds a way to replicate it. And we let them. Sheepishly. Obediently. Pretending it’s all just too complicated to fix.

We Could Still Turn This Around

It doesn’t have to end in fire and stupidity. We could make better choices. Educate ourselves. Unplug from the nonsense. Share truth. Fight for actual change.

But first, we have to admit that we are the problem.

Because right now?
We should be ashamed of ourselves.

Steam valve closed.

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