OVERWHELMED BY WORLD EVENTS

Our world is truly a terrifying place. And there is no sign of it getting better. It seems to be in the nature of mankind to fight.
I find it amazing that, after all we have learned, or should have learned, we are still fighting. Ukraine and Israel. And other places.
I don't have any answers. Yes, maybe if women ruled the world it might be better. We don't know. Mrs Thatcher was absolutely right to defend the Falklands, surely. Some wars are justified maybe? But then, I would say that, wouldn't I.
The huge majority of us don't want any wars, it is governments that lead us into them.
I don't think we should let this overwhelm us. We need to try to keep a sense of proportion . Just live our own lives and try to be happy when we can. And hope that one day peace will prevail.

MayBee70

It is overwhelming, isn’t it. It isn’t the world I thought I was bringing children into and I worry so much for their future. I guess, as animals, we are territorial and men are the ones that protect the territory? We live on a planet that is perfection and we could all live perfect lives if we didn’t have endless wars. We’re the only creatures on the planet that destroy it. Makes no sense to me.

I guess, as animals, we are territorial and men are the ones that protect the territory?

An interesting point, Maybee

Someone was pulled up on the thread about the conflict for saying men! but generally speaking, it is men who instigate war and conflict.

We only have one planet, some are trying to protect it, others to destroy.
Some strive to reach out to space whilst we don't seem capable of bringing water to those who are living with drought.

Your post resonates OP, I feel, like most I imagine an overwhelming feeling of sadness, depression even. Absolute horror seeing the pictures of Hamas terrorists manhandling Israeli baby and toddler, another one being rocked in a pram, just wondering what's happened to their parents and what their fate will be. Simultaneously feeling deep sadness at the tear stained and terrorised faces of Palestinian children. Innocent souls on both sides who don't deserve any of this, the madness and callousness of men who reek havoc on their lives is unforgivable.

It's the innocent who just want to live their lives and struggle to get by that upsets me. Children screaming for their parents breaks my heart and reduces me to tears.
We are now more well informed we can't escape the news it's everywhere.
I fear for the future that is if the human race allows one so you are not alone with your feelings.

I have been listening an Israeli philosopher on TRIP, and i absolutely agree with him when he says that since populism took over with people like Trump, Netanyahu and our home grown populists like Johnson and Braverman, there has been a rejection of the World Order classing the leaders as elite and to be despised.

The result has been an ever increased disunity, division , violence and conflict.

Without world order we have chaos.

We need to get back to the Liberal World Order.

Oh I understand what you are saying totally. And the polarisation and even hate which is being poured by so many sides on social media, is overwhelming too- best to keep away.

I have been having panic attacks and nightmares on waking, and difficulty sleeping- because I so fear for the future of our grandchildren and the children of the world- and yes, at the moment, the children of Gaza who have never known peace and who are now living in terror or lying there without medical help or treatment. Best to keep away from social media.

Seems to me, not so much men or women, but religion is so much at the basis of much of the hatred.

Like MayBee, I really believed that if the world did not blow itself into nuclear oblivion, then things would slowly improve for all humans. I have found the last few years very difficult, not at a personal level but from having to come to terms with the facts that many things are getting worst for many people.

There is some arguement in that there is improvements, just htat they are not linear it is more like three steps forward, two steps back.

The horrendous events of the last week in Gaza does have me in tears, finding it difficult to understand how even the 'rules of war' (which is a strange term), can just be ignored by one country. I do have family living in Israel, some of them on what I would refer to as 'illegal settlements''. All, to me seem to be victims of this strange religion idealogy.

I see reports of what the Taliban do, and again it is 'religion'.

I am, proudly, a humanist. We have one life and need to live it fully, happily and in harmony with nature and other humans.

Well Margaret Thatcher managed to take us into one!!

I am not some kind of mad deluded feminist (I don't even know what that is supposed to mean but probably what I may be called by being blunt) but I wonder if the World leaders were women would there be so many wars?

It is overwhelming, isn’t it. It isn’t the world I thought I was bringing children into and I worry so much for their future. I guess, as animals, we are territorial and men are the ones that protect the territory? We live on a planet that is perfection and we could all live perfect lives if we didn’t have endless wars. We’re the only creatures on the planet that destroy it. Makes no sense to me.