The last two years didn’t just expose cracks in the system—they ripped the mask clean off. Gaza became the focal point, but what it revealed stretches far beyond a single war. We’ve watched governments ignore the public, corporations profit from death, media justify atrocity, and laws bend only for the powerful. None of this is new—but it’s no longer deniable. The illusion has collapsed. Here’s what became impossible to ignore.
1. Representative democracy is a myth
We’re told we live in democracies. We vote, we protest, we petition—but nothing changes. The majority want the genocide in Gaza to end, or at least for our governments to stop arming it. Instead, they send weapons, funding, military support, and diplomatic cover. That isn’t representation—it’s obedience management.
2. War isn’t a failure—it’s a business model
Gaza is not just a battleground. It’s a showroom. Drones, AI targeting, smart bombs, crowd suppression tech—all tested on real people, then sold around the world. The winners aren’t nations or ideologies. They’re arms manufacturers and investors.
3. The mainstream media doesn’t inform—it manipulates
They don’t challenge power—they launder it. They sanitise war crimes, dehumanise the victims, platform the perpetrators, and pump out propaganda dressed as reporting. The press isn’t a watchdog—it’s a public relations wing for the powerful.
4. Human life has no inherent value in this system
We are useful until we are not. Once we’re labelled as threats, burdens, or “others,” our deaths become acceptable. Starvation, bombing, incarceration—everything is justified once a group is successfully vilified. Don’t think your group is safe. With AI replacing labour, disposability is policy waiting to happen. We are not people. We are assets or liabilities, and liabilities are completely expendable.
5. International law is a selective weapon, not a shield
Sanctions, courts, and tribunals only apply to enemies of the powerful. When Israel flattens hospitals and starves civilians, the world’s “legal system” delays and debates. When Russia invades Ukraine, punishment is immediate. Law is not justice—it’s leverage.
6. Tech and AI are not neutral—they’re tools of control
We’re sold the dream of innovation, but reality looks like surveillance, automation, and profiling. AI won’t liberate the powerless—it’ll replace, monitor, and suppress them. It’s not designed to challenge power. It’s built to secure it.
7. Protest is tolerated only when it’s harmless
You’re allowed to march, chant, and wave signs—until profit, image, or control are threatened. The moment disruption becomes real, protestors are smeared, beaten, criminalised, and outlawed. “Free speech” dissolves the second it becomes effective.
8. Human rights are branding, not principles
Governments preach “human rights” while selling bombs to regimes committing genocide. Corporations slap slogans and flags on their ads while exploiting labour and funding war. Rights aren’t defended—they’re marketed.
9. Billionaires are the new unelected governments
They don’t run for office because they already own the outcome. They control media, tech, energy, politics, labour, housing, and data. They make decisions at scale, and there’s no ballot box to remove them.
10. Solidarity is the greatest threat to power
Nothing scares the system more than ordinary people realising they share the same enemy. Division—by race, religion, borders, or ideology—is their most effective weapon. Unity is ours. When the powerless organise together, the powerful lose everything.
The system isn’t broken—it’s operating exactly as designed. What’s changed is our visibility of it. The last two years have not radicalised people—they’ve revealed reality. Now we know. The question is not “How did this happen?”
The question is: What are we going to do with what we now understand?
