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Anyone else want to just burn the world down??!!

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VanessaSanessa · 16/02/2026 08:29

Just that.

I feel sick with the state of the world.

The corruption, the gaslighting, the depravity, the powerful abusing their positions, the rich getting richer.

Trump and his cult who protect him at all costs
The amount of high profile people in the Epstein files spread across society
The Royals being above the law
Law and order being just an idea for the rich and powerful
The complete trashing of American democracy
Women protecting powerful men
The fact that men have no issue abusing children
Men who are so stupid as to probably be used for their position by Epstein
How Epstein managed to get so many of the rich and powerful into his orbit

I'm just sick of it and behind all these headlines are women and girls who were subjected to such abuse and yet they are almost forgotten about.

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CactusJoe · 16/02/2026 08:54

I grew up in the 80s and 90s. It was a time of great optimism I think. I just assumed the world would get better and better. Great strides were made in race, sex and same sex equality. I thought that would continue.

I’ve now realised, in the past decade, that human Nature does not really change and we will keep cycling through tribalism and cruelty or dismissal of others.

So, focus on those you love, do things that bring you joy, and believe in Heaven. That’s what I have decided to do. ( I do also do what campaigning I can on causes that matter most to me, but that doesn’t help my mental health, it makes it worse. The people I love and Heaven bit help my mental health).

RedToothBrush · 16/02/2026 08:43

The world is not the problem. It's power hungry humans.

If you got rid of this lot of power hungry humans you'd create more instability as the next generation of power hungry humans would then battle it out for the honour of being able to exploit all the other decent humans, hurting many many decent humans in the process.

The nice wonderful people are never those made to be leaders. Unfortunately at times we need leaders to do horrible things because there are horrible humans.

It's about getting the least worst humans in power but even they are always going to be horrible humans.

Why should we burn the world down because of them though. It rather defeats what we ultimately want.

You are chasing a utopia that doesn't exist and can not possibly exist whilst humans exist.

Heatedrival · 16/02/2026 08:38

People are fighting back.

Shedmistress · 16/02/2026 08:38

MissyB1 · 16/02/2026 08:32

You forgot the wars, which are always about greed and power, and women and children again paying the price. And Trump pretending to be ending wars when in fact he encourages them. Our Government complicit in causing suffering.
As a world we certainly need a reset.

You are in luck!

The WEF have your back. Or they did til they realised their great reset plan had been leaked and so pretended that never happened.

Now is the time for a 'great reset' of capitalism | World Economic Forum

Interesting; it depends on where you access it from as to if you will get there or not...

Now is the time for a 'great reset'

The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic model is possible. Professor Klaus Schwab outlines how to achieve it. 

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset/

BiscoffCheesecakes · 16/02/2026 08:36

No, there is no point in dwelling on it. Just focus on the positives. There will always be shut going on in the world

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 16/02/2026 08:34

No, because it's still beautiful. There's always been horror in it but it's beautiful. (Very horrible things have happened to me, but I don't want to burn the world.)

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VanessaSanessa · 16/02/2026 08:34

MissyB1 · 16/02/2026 08:32

You forgot the wars, which are always about greed and power, and women and children again paying the price. And Trump pretending to be ending wars when in fact he encourages them. Our Government complicit in causing suffering.
As a world we certainly need a reset.

I know. He'll cause chaos to prevent the mid-terms at the end of the year, possibly throwing some bombs at Iran.

I think a complete reset is needed. I hope every last one of those rotten people are brought down.

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MissyB1 · 16/02/2026 08:32

You forgot the wars, which are always about greed and power, and women and children again paying the price. And Trump pretending to be ending wars when in fact he encourages them. Our Government complicit in causing suffering.
As a world we certainly need a reset.

Boolabus · 16/02/2026 08:32

YANBU but I think the world and people in it have been this way all along we just weren't as aware of it. At least we can see it now for what it is and with awareness comes change hopefully.

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