We live in a world that’s spinning faster than we can hold on to. A society that measures worth in numbers likes, dollars, followers while human connection withers in the shadows. We scroll past tragedies with the same numb thumb we use to scroll past dinner recipes. Violence is entertainment. Lies become headlines. Children grow up faster than their innocence can survive.
We’ve built towers of convenience that rest on foundations of exploitation, and we call it progress. We live among people who smile to your face and sharpen knives for your back. We raise children in a culture where being kind makes them a target, and being ruthless makes them successful.
The scariest part? We’ve normalized it. Chaos is casual. Injustice is routine. Suffering is background noise. And still, we convince ourselves that “everything is fine.” Social media sells us a dream while it rots us from the inside out convincing us we’re connected while we’re lonelier than ever, convincing us we’re informed while drowning us in lies, convincing us we matter while reducing us to nothing more than data to be bought and sold. We worship screens that feed us curated illusions while real life slips through our fingers unnoticed.
And worst of all? We’re not just victims we’re participants. We post our highlight reels, we filter out our flaws, we pretend we’re living while secretly dying inside. We look away from the ugly truths because it’s easier to double-tap a lie. We are the reason the machine keeps turning.
It isn’t fine. It’s terrifying.
And if that truth doesn’t shatter you, then maybe you’ve already surrendered to the very system that’s consuming us all.