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to feel heartbroken by global situation-

134 replies

PeacePilgrim · 05/03/2026 08:54

and humanity's seeming inability to live in peace

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CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone · 05/03/2026 20:17

Tutorpuzzle · 05/03/2026 09:03

Well, apart from changing the word ‘humanity’s’ to ‘men’s’, I heartily agree with your post.

Do stop with the sanctimonious "women are so lovely, it's all the menz"

Remember the first world war and women handing out white feathers to men that weren't in the trenches.

Men and women are equally culpable and I get furious at trying to drive a wedge between any groups. They may be shit at housework but your average man is no more of a warmonger than your average woman.

Forthesteps · 05/03/2026 20:18

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 20:07

well it seems they are right about history

No it doesn't. Many wars have been utterly pointless, self defeating and wholly destructive.
Yrs, an historian.

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 20:21

Forthesteps · 05/03/2026 20:18

No it doesn't. Many wars have been utterly pointless, self defeating and wholly destructive.
Yrs, an historian.

they may have been pointless but they all started because of humans wanting to control others etc

Echobelly · 05/03/2026 20:25

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 20:06

or what if iran was quilty should we let them have nukes ?

Interesting that Trump claimed last year that they had destroyed Iran's nuclear capacity, but suddenly it's back when his ratings are in the toilet and his paedophile pal's other friends who are public figures are being forced to step down or being arrested around the world...

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 20:27

Echobelly · 05/03/2026 20:25

Interesting that Trump claimed last year that they had destroyed Iran's nuclear capacity, but suddenly it's back when his ratings are in the toilet and his paedophile pal's other friends who are public figures are being forced to step down or being arrested around the world...

coloration is not causation besides whos to say that two things could be true maybe they did but another country rearmed them etc like running out of milk and the shop provides more milk

Tutorpuzzle · 05/03/2026 20:36

CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone · 05/03/2026 20:17

Do stop with the sanctimonious "women are so lovely, it's all the menz"

Remember the first world war and women handing out white feathers to men that weren't in the trenches.

Men and women are equally culpable and I get furious at trying to drive a wedge between any groups. They may be shit at housework but your average man is no more of a warmonger than your average woman.

You are so woefully ill educated that I can’t justify my time in pasting links to the quantity of evidence illustrating that it is men who are responsible for starting the vast, vast majority of wars.

Please never express your ‘white feather theory’ in public. It is mortifyingly infantile.

smallglassbottle · 05/03/2026 20:46

Until we deal with the source of the problem, it'll just continue, ad infinitum. First, we need to identify the source of the problem.

JazzyBazzy79 · 05/03/2026 20:56

I agree. It's absolutely heart breaking thinking about what is happening in this world and what these poor civilians in war torn countries are having to endure. They have no life 😢😢😢

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 20:58

smallglassbottle · 05/03/2026 20:46

Until we deal with the source of the problem, it'll just continue, ad infinitum. First, we need to identify the source of the problem.

its human nature, look at how many people want other countrys leaders taken out of play because they dont agree with their leadership then add in tools like miliarty or spooks etc and then you have history.

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:00

Not to detract in any way from the horrors men are inflicting on the world but the US press secretary Karoline Leavitt is one hell of an apologist for all manner of wrongdoing. She's a one woman propaganda factory. Eva Braun.

pavillion1 · 05/03/2026 21:01

It’s just so soul destroying and frustrating to the normal folk of the world.. 100 years at best we get in this unique world & this is how some choose to make it for everyone… I despair 😔 and the guilt I feel daily that I naively brought 2 innocent souls into the mix just kills me.

Sunnyperson · 05/03/2026 21:02

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:00

Not to detract in any way from the horrors men are inflicting on the world but the US press secretary Karoline Leavitt is one hell of an apologist for all manner of wrongdoing. She's a one woman propaganda factory. Eva Braun.

She is frightening I agree

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 21:03

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:00

Not to detract in any way from the horrors men are inflicting on the world but the US press secretary Karoline Leavitt is one hell of an apologist for all manner of wrongdoing. She's a one woman propaganda factory. Eva Braun.

considering her role then whats she ment to do ?

Gettingbysomehow · 05/03/2026 21:05

As if all the death isnt bad enough we had to live through covid and the economy has been shit ever since snd is now about to get a whole lot worse because of this idiotic war nobody asked for. I cant stand any more of this.

EasternStandard · 05/03/2026 21:08

It’s awful and being stuck under a brutal regime even more so. I feel for anyone not posting on SM lamenting the state of the world because it’s all closed off.

DuchessofStaffordshire · 05/03/2026 21:12

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 21:03

considering her role then whats she ment to do ?

Develop some scruples and find a new job.

Peony1985 · 05/03/2026 21:14

hattie43 · 05/03/2026 17:16

We’ve had wars since time immemorial so I don’t know why anyone thinks it should be different now . People need to accept that this hearts and flowers and be kind bollocks is keeping us unsafe . History has always been survival of the fittest and the current efforts to bolster the ‘ vulnerable’ are futile . We need to put money into defence and quickly .

Civilisation ?
We are a connected world. There is no need for land and or resources to be fought over. The whole of earth is owned and priced now.

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:15

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 21:03

considering her role then whats she ment to do ?

She could be less aggressive, rude, accusatory, confrontational, superior.
She could be polite, professional, build relationships and trust.

She could choose not to be an apologist for a warmongering misogynist.

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 21:17

DuchessofStaffordshire · 05/03/2026 21:12

Develop some scruples and find a new job.

why should she, when the next person will be the same etc ?

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 21:18

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:15

She could be less aggressive, rude, accusatory, confrontational, superior.
She could be polite, professional, build relationships and trust.

She could choose not to be an apologist for a warmongering misogynist.

but when shes with sharks how else is she ment to survive ?

Nutmuncher · 05/03/2026 21:19

LadyKenya · 05/03/2026 09:07

These warmongers all have wife's. Are they unable to have any influence on them at all? I could not live with myself, if I was married to any of these Men.

Do you really think they’d choose strong willed wives?

Loadsapandas · 05/03/2026 21:25

Ebok1990 · 05/03/2026 16:06

I'm not sure that's necessarily the case. There's no evidence to prove that she's just as bad. The mind just simply boggles as to how she can possibly remain married to the big orange wotsit.

What was that jacket again ‘I don’t care, why should you’?

worm to visit lone children at an immigration camp if I remember.

she’s complicit or doesn’t give a fuck both of which = inhumane.

Either way, let’s not make women responsible for men’s actions or absolve them of being capable of cruelty themselves.

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:30

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 21:18

but when shes with sharks how else is she ment to survive ?

Don't be with sharks.

Lonelycrab · 05/03/2026 21:35

Big filter theory

We destroy ourselves (as a species) as we fail to navigate the hurdles the power we now wield presents us…, due to (essentially) greed, too much intelligence coupled with a lack of wisdom.

These are the opening chapters.

RobinInTheCrabApple · 05/03/2026 21:36

ThatPearlkitty · 05/03/2026 21:17

why should she, when the next person will be the same etc ?

Why should she?
Moral compass.
Peace of mind.
Decency.
So that she can look herself in the mirror.
So that in the future when history has had a bit of time to cogitate on what Trump has done she can look her child in the face and say I wasn't a part of that.
So that the when her child asks her
Because the God she constantly praises on Instagram is pretty clear on lying, pride, loving thy neighbour and murder.

It's not like the 28 year needs