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Are We Living in a Paradox World?
I’m not sure when the world flipped. Maybe it didn’t happen in one defining moment, but more like a slow, creeping corruption. A rust spreading over the surface of something once beautiful, until suddenly everything is broken and we’re too numb to remember how it used to shine. Maybe you feel it too. That strange, nagging feeling like something’s off. Like this version of reality wasn’t meant to happen.
Maybe, just maybe, someone messed with time.
And if you’re one of those people, from one of those agencies, coming back from the future to “fix” things… well, it’s fair to ask: did you fuck it all up?
Because it doesn’t feel like we’re living in a world anymore. It feels like we’re trapped in some kind of paradox, where nothing makes sense, where truth is subjective, where up is down, and evil not only thrives but gets rewarded for its boldness.
And we’re all just trying to keep breathing.
The Paradox Is Real
A paradox is something that contradicts itself and yet still exists. Like how we live in an era more connected than ever before, and yet we’re lonelier than we’ve ever been. We’ve got more knowledge at our fingertips than any other point in history… and yet facts mean less than they ever have.
We claim to care about human rights while arming regimes that torture their people.
We scream for freedom while cancelling anyone who dares to speak their mind.
We pretend we’re enlightened, but we’re still divided by skin colour, religion, borders, and class.
It’s like reality has become a hall of mirrors, each reflection more warped than the last.
Is Time Broken?
Some days I wonder if someone time-travelled and stood on the wrong butterfly. You know that old sci-fi theory? That even a tiny action in the past could ripple forward and change everything? What if someone didn’t just step on a butterfly, what if they took out a whole bloody swarm?
What if we were meant to take a different path?
I joke, but only just. Because we are living through something that doesn’t feel natural. We are watching the very fabric of society unravel. And the scariest part is how fast we’ve all adapted to it. As if chaos is the new normal.
The World Is Eating Itself Alive
Let’s be honest. The world is on fire, sometimes literally. War isn’t the exception anymore. It’s just another headline.
Gaza, Isreal. Ukraine and Russia. Syria. Sudan. Yemen. The list goes on.
Civilians slaughtered. Children orphaned. Cities flattened. And we scroll past it like it’s just content. A part of the feed.
We’ve reached a point where pain is background noise. Where tragedy gets thirty seconds of sympathy before we switch back to TikTok dances or outrage bait.
And it’s not just war. It’s everything.
Hate is thriving. Racism didn’t die, it just changed clothes. It got cleverer, quieter, and now it hides behind algorithms and echo chambers. People no longer want to listen… they just want to win. They want their words heard but refuse to listen to others.
We claim to fight oppression, but we’ve become addicted to outrage.
We say we want peace, but we celebrate destruction.
We scream for change, but we secretly want things to stay just familiar enough so we don’t have to rebuild ourselves from scratch.
Greed Is Still King
And what about greed?
God, we’re insatiable.
Even when people get what they want, money, fame, power, it’s never enough. Politicians lie and steal. Billionaires launch rockets while children starve. Ordinary people stab each other in the back over promotions, social status, or clout.
We were taught to chase success like it’s salvation. But no one tells you what to do when you get it and still feel empty.
So we buy more.
Consume more.
Need more.
The irony? The more we have, the less we feel. We are drowning in abundance, but starving for purpose.
We’re Addicted to Division
The scariest part? We’re not even trying to come together anymore. We’re addicted to division. It’s easier to hate than to heal. It’s easier to mock than to understand. It’s easier to destroy than to create.
Every side thinks they’re the hero.
Every group thinks they’re oppressed.
Every disagreement is a war now, and the battlefield is everywhere, from the streets to the comment section.
And somewhere in all that noise, we’ve forgotten the simplest truths. That we’re all human. That we’re all scared. That we all just want to be seen, to be safe, to be loved.
The System Was Designed This Way
Here’s a thought that’ll keep you up at night… what if the system was always designed to keep us fractured?
What if we were never meant to fix it, only to survive it?
A world driven by money will always choose profit over people.
A world led by power will always reward cruelty over compassion.
A world addicted to outrage will always bury truth beneath sensationalism.
As writer and political theorist Chris Hedges put it:
“We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy.”
— Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion
Depressing? Yeah. But also… kind of accurate.
When I first read that, I felt it in my gut. Because I’ve seen it. Maybe you have too.
Some doctors don’t heal anymore, they just tick boxes and rush you out the door. You walk into the NHS surgery hoping for real help and leave feeling like a number on a waiting list. If you’ve got money, maybe you’ll go private, but that’s not care, that’s capitalism in a lab coat. The heart’s gone missing.
Lawyers? Too many of them are in it for the money, not the justice. Whether it’s getting a guilty man off or dragging out legal aid cases for profit, the system doesn’t feel built for people like us. It feels built to protect the ones who already know how to play it.
And don’t get me started on education. We teach kids about Shakespeare and algebra, but not how to budget, not how to understand credit, not how to protect their mental health or stand on their own two feet. Schools are underfunded, overworked, and still somehow expected to churn out perfect little future taxpayers. It’s not about learning, it’s about compliance.
The government? Let’s not pretend. It doesn’t matter who’s in power (Tory, Labour, Lib Dem, whatever) none of them really seem to get it. The cost of living is through the roof, wages don’t match reality, and they keep feeding us slogans while people freeze in their own homes. And we’re all so overworked, we don’t even have the energy to fight it. By the time we hit retirement, if we make it there, we’re taxed again on money we’ve already earned and already paid into.
The press? A mess. The tabloids are full of shit, the broadsheets are biased, and the BBC’s too scared to upset anyone important. They won’t tell you what’s actually happening in the world, they’ll just distract you with celebrity drama, manufactured outrage, and political theatre. We’ve got real issues, but they’d rather sell clickbait than truth. The worst part is we all fall for it, we ignore the real world problems and concentrate of shit that doesn’t matter.
Religion… For some, it’s a comfort. For others, it’s another form of control. It doesn’t feel spiritual anymore, it feels weaponised and telling people how to live, who to love, what to fear. Fucking brainwashing. It’s less about kindness, more about conformity. It’s meant to free your soul, not chain your mind. It’s supposed to respect your views instead of recruitment.
And the banks? Don’t even get me started. They crash the economy with reckless lending, hike up mortgage rates, and then act like we should be grateful they let us open a savings account. They widen the gap between rich and poor every single day. One bad month and you’re drowning in debt. Meanwhile, they’re handing out bonuses and sipping champagne at Canary Wharf.
It’s all upside down. Inside out. A paradox… just like I said.
But here’s the thing: once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
And that means you’re not part of the lie anymore.
You’re something they didn’t plan for.
So What the Hell Do We Do?
I don’t have the answer. Maybe that’s the most honest thing I can say.
But I do know this, if you feel like something’s broken, you’re not alone. If you feel like the world is spiralling, it’s because it is. And pretending otherwise is just another form of denial.
But there’s power in awareness.
There’s strength in staring the madness in the face and saying, “I see you.”
And maybe the only way forward is to start small.
Be kind in a world that rewards cruelty.
Tell the truth in a world that profits from lies.
Choose connection in a world obsessed with division.
Refuse to become numb.
What If We Are the Glitch?
Maybe this world isn’t the paradox. Maybe we are.
Maybe the ones who still care are the anomaly.
The ones who still cry at injustice. Who still believes in love. Who still gets goosebumps during a two-minute silence on Remembrance Day because we feel something.
That’s the real resistance.
That’s the rebellion.
To feel in a world that wants you to go numb. To stay soft in a world that wants you hard. To stay human when everything is trying to turn you into a machine, a product, a brand, a category.
What Other Explanation Do We Have?
If this world is a paradox, then maybe the only way out isn’t through force… but through truth.
Not shouting louder, but listening deeper.
Not conquering the system, but walking away from it, bit by bit, piece by piece, reclaiming our time, our attention, our energy, and our hope.
Hope doesn’t have to be loud. Sometimes it’s just getting out of bed and refusing to become like them.
Maybe we’re not broken.
Maybe we’re just awake.
And maybe that’s exactly what they’re scared of.
Sources and Further Reading or research.
Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
George Orwell, 1984 (for thematic parallel on paradoxes, propaganda, and doublethink)
The Butterfly Effect Theory (Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder,” 1952)
“The Paradox of Our Time” by Dr. Bob Moorehead (often misattributed to George Carlin)
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