The world has gone mad and is a constant battle of RED VS BLUE, so how...

[Al Gorefiend]

So you are a wealthy older man with no debt, I know you said "middle class" but people with net worth in the millions think they are middle class. For the vast of majority of people not you they can't ride this out or stick their head in the sand because they simply do not have the wealth or income to do so.

Thank you for proving my point I guess.

I am not a wealthy older man, I am 31. My house and combined assets do not amount to more than 400k. IDK, I was told to panic during iraq war, told to panic about Russia, told to panic about Trump 1.0, told to panic about North Korea then told to panic about COVID and then Hamas then Trump 2.0 again all in a fairly short few decade timespan. I am just sick and tired of panicking only for none of those things to have ever made for even the slightest course correction in my life. Maybe this time it actually WILL take danger coming directly to my windows to make me give a damn because I've fallen so low on damns lately.

there is no wealth, it has nothing to do with it

[Muzjhath]

I am not a wealthy older man, I am 31. My house and combined assets do not amount to more than 400k. IDK, I was told to panic during iraq war, told to panic about Russia, told to panic about Trump 1.0, told to panic about North Korea then told to panic about COVID and then Hamas then Trump 2.0 again all in a fairly short few decade timespan. I am just sick and tired of panicking only for none of those things to have ever made for even the slightest course correction in my life. Maybe this time it actually WILL take danger coming directly to my windows to make me give a damn because I've fallen so low on damns lately.

there is no wealth, it has nothing to do with it

So
Screw you, I've got mine.

I guess you don't have any queer friends.

[Draco-Onis]

I am not a wealthy older man, I am 31. My house and combined assets do not amount to more than 400k. IDK, I was told to panic during iraq war, told to panic about Russia, told to panic about Trump 1.0, told to panic about North Korea then told to panic about COVID and then Hamas then Trump 2.0 again all in a fairly short few decade timespan. I am just sick and tired of panicking only for none of those things to have ever made for even the slightest course correction in my life. Maybe this time it actually WILL take danger coming directly to my windows to make me give a damn because I've fallen so low on damns lately.

there is no wealth, it has nothing to do with it

No one is telling you to panic just to be aware of things that are going to affect you (in your case nothing) to be prepared. I am sorry but you don't pay rent or a mortgage, you don't have debt and you have tons of free time nor people you care about that could be affected so you give fuck all about everything. I disagree wealth has everything to do with it because this is about things like inflation due to tariffs, debts being more of a burden due to interest rates and needed to go in debt to live, rights being taken away etc.

You can't relate to most people frankly I don't know why you bother replying aside from proving me right.

[Kathandira]

The Hermits will be ok! Good to know.... lol

[LeGin v4]

I am not a wealthy older man, I am 31. My house and combined assets do not amount to more than 400k. IDK, I was told to panic during iraq war, told to panic about Russia, told to panic about Trump 1.0, told to panic about North Korea then told to panic about COVID and then Hamas then Trump 2.0 again all in a fairly short few decade timespan. I am just sick and tired of panicking only for none of those things to have ever made for even the slightest course correction in my life. Maybe this time it actually WILL take danger coming directly to my windows to make me give a damn because I've fallen so low on damns lately.

there is no wealth, it has nothing to do with it

Sure, but do you agree that although those events may not have inflicted a "course correction" on your life, they have on others?

And that if Trump 1.0, Covid, and so far Trump 2.0 haven't inflicted a course correction, you've been quite fortunate?

[Moralgy]

...how can we spread Love instead of Hate on both the internet and outside world?

I have very little ideas, thats why im asking everyone

My only idea comes in the form of "ignoring"
Ignoring the bad and avoid even talking about it.
By ignoring its existence it may fall into obscurity and be forgotten, instead of spreading.

Also spread love (somehow)

Thoughts?

Yes let me ignore the bad that directly affects my life. I will not shake the hands of people who spend millions to eliminate my existence and smile for the camera.

[NineSpine]

I am not a wealthy older man, I am 31. My house and combined assets do not amount to more than 400k. IDK, I was told to panic during iraq war, told to panic about Russia, told to panic about Trump 1.0, told to panic about North Korea then told to panic about COVID and then Hamas then Trump 2.0 again all in a fairly short few decade timespan. I am just sick and tired of panicking only for none of those things to have ever made for even the slightest course correction in my life. Maybe this time it actually WILL take danger coming directly to my windows to make me give a damn because I've fallen so low on damns lately.

there is no wealth, it has nothing to do with it

Trump screwed up the response to a pandemic and hundreds of thousands of people needlessly died as a result. Our economy fell apart because of his mismanagement and he had to throw massive amounts of money at people to paper it over. We still have a mental health crisis because of the lockdowns caused by his screw ups. A generation of children had their educations set back. Some estimates place the amount of money stolen by businesses from the PPP program in the hundreds of billions.

The COVID response disaster was the worst failure of federal governance in the history of the country.

If that doesn't justify the panic, I don't know what would for you.

[Tech614]

Trump screwed up the response to a pandemic and hundreds of thousands of people needlessly died as a result. Our economy fell apart because of his mismanagement and he had to throw massive amounts of money at people to paper it over. We still have a mental health crisis because of the lockdowns caused by his screw ups. A generation of children had their educations set back. Some estimates place the amount of money stolen by businesses from the PPP program in the hundreds of billions.

The COVID response disaster was the worst failure of federal governance in the history of the country.

If that doesn't justify the panic, I don't know what would for you.

Hell, pretty sure we're over a million covid deaths at this point. This fugging genius in Jan of 2020 "Oh its just one guy who came in from China, no need to worry about this".

The sad part is I think his second term is going to somehow kill more people than his covid fuck up did.

[thilicen]

The whole world? Fuck you. Just, fuck you.

[deenman]

[B]...how can we spread Love instead of Hate on both the internet and outside world?

Also spread love (somehow)

you cant spread love to fascist maniacs,you bury them

[Sunseeker]

...and when they came for your neighbors you said "My those are lovely clouds".

[Big Thanks]

Made a crappy video about it

[Moralgy]

Made a crappy video about it

10/10 would watch again

[Big Thanks]

10/10 would watch again

Really? I thought was cringe xD Thank you <3

[Al Gorefiend]

Sure, but do you agree that although those events may not have inflicted a "course correction" on your life, they have on others?

And that if Trump 1.0, Covid, and so far Trump 2.0 haven't inflicted a course correction, you've been quite fortunate?

Can't force people to care about others, can't even force most people to care about their own health, as the decades long battle against big tobacco is proving, and fentanyl deaths are on the rise because drugs super important. That's why the battle against "woke" is failing, people don't want to have to care about a total stranger's life, when they can barely care about their own. Empathy and compassion look good on Instagram, though.

If you want people to care you have to give them an incentive, blood drive banks learned this forever ago, which is why they pay people to donate life-saving blood for people who need it - the really warm good feeling of "I may have just saved a dying child's life with my donation" isn't enough for everyone.

[Nymrohd]

The way I see it is, even if my life remains on track, there are people around me who are not doing well and that still affects me. It's not enough to personally be having an easy time if people in your community are struggling.

[Cynical Asshole]

The world?! No, it's just America and some parts of Europe.

And the reason for that is actually very simple: BOREDOM!

Mass, systemic, BOREDOM!

You see, when your life is so good that you have no worries, nothing to strive towards, and possibly no reason to get out of bed, boredom instills. And some people are so chronically bored that they just invent their own causes to be outraged by and to fight for.

Someone said that Humanity needs a world war every 80 years just to retain its sanity. That person was not wrong. Humanity craves conflict, it needs conflict. We may pretend we don't want conflict but deep down we want it, we're addicted to it. World peace will never be an option, and not because there will always be global bad guys with a lot of military power, who will refuse to comply, but simply because humans aren't wired for world peace.

Look what happens right now, you got a bunch of privileged young upper middle class white people being outraged for basically anything at all, because they quite literally have nothing else going on in their lives. And when these people become aggressive and annoying to the rest of society, then the rest of society retaliates in kind. Causes don't matter, they're just an excuse, only conflict matters. You got people pretending to want to save the planet, but they're actively working to take down the least polluting company in the world because they don't like the CEO. If it doesn't make sense to you, it's because you're looking at it the wrong way. You see, the planet doesn't really matter, what really matters is personal satisfaction of one's own frustrations and fighting back against boredom.

What can be done to fix it? To make humanity come together? WW3 or an alien invasion. Humanity quickly finds unity when a common threat emerges, and has a cause to fight for.

[diller]

The world?! No, it's just America and some parts of Europe.

I was thinking about mentioning this, in general it seems like Americans don't have a great perspective of "the world".

[Hugo88]

...how can we spread Love instead of Hate on both the internet and outside world?

I have very little ideas, thats why im asking everyone

My only idea comes in the form of "ignoring"
Ignoring the bad and avoid even talking about it.
By ignoring its existence it may fall into obscurity and be forgotten, instead of spreading.

Also spread love (somehow)

Thoughts?

Ignore what the Politicians say about some particular countries. There is good & bad in every country.

I mean for years, since the end of WW2, Americans have been programmed to think Russians are bad & I presume that some Russians think the same about Americans. But this ""Russians are bad" mantra has only driven a War Machine which makes money for the few.

I think the best way to spread "the Love" is to find out more about each others countries in a good way. There is a lot of good things & scientific discoveries to make if we all cooperated.

Nightlife in Moscow 2024.. see the Russkies like a night out on the town to party too. Just like us Americans.

[PosPosPos]

There is good & bad in every country.

Every nation has the leadership it deserves, so if the leadership of a nation is rotten, then it goes to show that the people living in it are also rotten.