I am heartbroken.
It’s this world, you see. It’s just too much. All of it. There’s way too much misery and sadness in this world. And there’s no sign of it ebbing anytime soon. In fact, there’s more misery and sadness piling up everyday.
Just last week, only a few days into the new year, 176 innocent souls perished at the hands of idiots, who couldn’t tell a passenger airliner from a goddamn cruise missile! Who were too scared and too gutless to buck up and do their job properly, instead of shitting themselves and firing anti aircraft missiles into the night sky, fearful of their own lives and not thinking, even for a second, of the consequences of their actions.
That tragedy itself was brought about because Trump decided not to just assassinate, but absolutely VAPORIZE Maj. General Soleimani, the Iranian equivalent of our Joint Chief Of Staff, as he landed in Iraq to… well, no one will ever know why he was there, will they? He and some other Iraqis were made into ether by a couple of Hellfires. Apparently, according to Trump, the General was planning some serious shit. No, wait, he wasn’t, but he could have been. No, hang on a sec… he was just a bad dude and he deserved to die anyway. Okay okay, this is the one, this is the one: the president has the right to self defense and doesn’t have to even pass it by the congress. You know, like our constitution says he has to? Yeah, there you go.
Ah fuck it. Trump doesn’t have to have a reason for doing anything. He’s motherfuckin’ Trump!
Fuck off, Don.
As if hanging on the brink of war with Iran wasn’t bad enough, Australia has been on fire for months now. I mean that literally. Almost the entire continent island has been devoured by wildfires brought about by an epic drought and raising temperatures; read: climate change. The parts that aren’t on fire are choked by clouds of smoke, making life much more dangerous than it usually is down under. Billions (!!!) of animals have perished so far; the exotic, unique, and beautiful Australian wildlife has been absolutely decimated, and many species are on the verge of extinction.
To make matters worse, the Australian PM is a climate change denier who is in pocket of the coal industry there, and isn’t doing a particularly good job of managing the crisis. So, basically, he’s Trump, Oz edition.
And that’s just the new shit. Syria is still submerged in a genocide/civil war hybrid going on a decade now, Lebanon and Iraq are showing signs of revolt, ISIS is still blowing people up in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda is making something of a comeback, the massive protests in HongKong continue as well, while people in China are dying of poverty and oppression, Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the conflict it has bred show no signs of ending anytime soon, and Venezuela and Chile are also unhappy at their rulers.
Then there’s the earthquake and other natural disasters in Haiti, the floods in Indonesia, Italy, and many other places, and so many other heartaches and pains all over the world. Add to all that the rampant xenophobia, nationalism, fundamentalism, and absolute hateful racism that has taken over the world…
My God the racism.
Lest you thin k that is an American problem; hardly a week goes by without one or more fan of a soccer club in England, Italy, or the Balkan states isn’t banned for racist chants and sign directed at players of color by either the FA or UEFA, when it happens during European club competitions. There’s less coverage when it happens in Africa or South America or Asia, but be sure it is a sad and festering constant in the world of the ‘beautiful game’.
So that’s why I say I’m done with this world. Or rather, with the humanity that occupies its inhabitable corners. Yes, I’m fully aware we have yet to colonize the moon and I’m stuck here; don’t take me too literally there. What I mean is I’m just not going to participate anymore. I don’t like who I have to become in order to succeed, therefore on this, my 46th year on this earth, I officially withdraw from society, and will only do the bare minimum in order to survive.
Ali out.