Comfort Is the New Curse.

Years ago, we were united by our pain. United by our desire for peace. United by the hope for a better tomorrow. We’ve grown so close to the idea of peace that we now wake without pain. We wake without fear. We take today for granted, because the chances of tomorrow coming feel pretty much guaranteed.

Despite society growing stronger, and eliminating mass destruction and murder for the most part. Somehow, hope is declining. Somehow, what once united us feels like it’s been in vain.

Now? We turn against each other the moment we don’t agree.

Years ago, when your country was at war, people didn’t let themselves be so easily divided. They knew that together, they were stronger, even when they didn’t share the same opinions.

We live in a world where we could be more unified than ever. The internet and social media were made for connection. So why has it done the opposite? Why has it driven a wedge between us?

It has made us entitled to the tiniest of indifferences. So much so, that we’ve forgotten the very thing that makes us indestructible, Human connection. The hope for a better future.

Instead, we’ve grown so comfortable in our peace that we fight over the smallest things.

What got me thinking about all this?

I watched Snow White in cinemas yesterday. I can no longer go to the cinema without sending myself down a rabbit hole.

What made Snow White’s parents so good at ruling?

They understood that the people were at the centre of everything. They knew the strength that came from unity. They had hope, to build a better future, together.

So what drove them apart?

The Evil Queen. The one who took that hope away.

She believed that keeping everything inside her castle walls made her powerful. She hoarded the riches to prove her dominance. To show her people they had no control. No hope.

They lost their community. They lost their values. They lost their control. Until Snow White reminded them. Reminded them of what they once had. Reminded them of their hope. She gave them the glimpse of control they needed to take back what was theirs.

She was powerless on her own, but with the people behind her? She was indestructible.

Snow White reminded the brainwashed knights of their humanity. Reminded them of their connection. The very thing that gave them purpose and happiness, until the Evil Queen took it away.

And that’s what I see happening now. Every day, our connection gets stripped away.

A fully digital world is coming. One controlled by creators of systems we can’t see, curating what we consume, dividing us further.

Our brains, our greatest gift, are being hijacked. Not by force, but by distraction. By endless division. So we stop fighting for peace… and start fighting each other.

We’re being distracted. Pulled into arguments so constant and loud that we stop fighting for peace, and start creating the opposite.

Together we are strong. Apart we are weak.

Isn’t it wild to think…

That if someone wanted more control over you, they’d do everything they could to drive us all apart?

Or, maybe it’s not that wild at all.