The Universe has flipped.
Only 18 months ago situations, people, life in general appeared to be rubbing along nicely. There were problems but nothing like now. It was better to agree to disagree etc & sometimes to do the opposite wasn't worth the upheaval/chaos that would result. So it was short pain for long term gain.
Brexit, Trump, Bataclan, Berlin, Putin inconspicuously meddling (or maybe he was too inconspicuous), a nuclear arms race, Sweden bringing back military conscription & anything else you want to add just seemed unthinkable, was unthinkable. Anyone spouting doom & gloom saying that the world was going to be in a worse state would have been laughed at. I suppose just like in 1912/1913 the notion of a World War & then another one was ridiculous. When WW1 started even then it was thought it would be over by Christmas.
The following may seem flippant to the above but everything's gone mad e.g. in my friendship/acquaintance circle/people I vaguely know so many are getting divorced, losing their jobs, businesses closing, losing homes, getting serious illness/dying young/committing suicide or murdered/raped/attacked/mugged/beaten up/killed/addicted to drugs, alcohol, prescription drugs and not forgetting going to prison.
When is the universe going to flip back to the right way?