Without many very busy and career-oriented people in our world realizing it, there is a war in the minds of many people every day. In my experience, many of our fellow human beings live in a reality created by Netflix or Disney-plus that, in my opinion, has nothing to do with the current reality. Is it fear that lures these people in the direction of these channels, or is reality too frightening for these people? Can they no longer banish everyday reality from their minds at night when they try to sleep at night?
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Is the war getting too close, or has it never gone away?
Is the war too close for these people or has the war never been out of their minds? People around me talk about the fact that nowadays there is nothing else on television but misery, politics, troubles, and far too much advertising, but I never hear them say that they also have a fear of a possible new war as a result. Gaza, Israel, Serbia and Russia the current war zones in the world do not pass these people’s lips. If you talk to these netflix-watching people about the current situation in the world, they invariably indicate that they do not know or do not want to know about it. They want to enjoy this life, and not waste time with a nonsensical war. These people are also no longer interested in what is going on in the rest of the world or in their own country.
Is the world full of selfishness right now?
It seems like everyone around me lives on their own island, or in their own bubble.At home, they live their own lives. Preferably without input from others. At work, they do as much as possible what their boss asks, but they are careful not to do too much, and that it pays off enough for them. The others in the world should do their own thing, they think. If something goes wrong, they should have paid more attention. With that explicitly, and without probably realizing it himself, saying that the other person who never watches Netflix and Sky channel is selling himself short.
Is the fear of possible demons coming our way justified?
As I said before, Gaza, Israel, Russia and Serbia are at war, and a large part of the political community is heavily involved. They sponsor Israel and Serbia with plenty of money and goods. There is a danger every day that these wars will escalate and that the violence of war will also come our way. “Forewarned is forearmed.” That’s what my mother used to say. And there are plenty of warnings around us. There are plenty of older people in the Netherlands, and the rest of the world, who have experienced a war before, and these people still lead in silence every day. The war with all its hardships still plays through their minds on a daily basis and for many perhaps especially at night. For these people, sleep is only possible with a pill or a joint.
Should you be more afraid of a war or of the possible aftermath?
War itself is, of course, terrible with all its hardships. Many people have experienced these hardships of pain and hunger physically. But the traumas that arose for them after the war are often experienced by these people as much more intense. I’m currently reading the book “Silent Fathers.” This book was written by a son of a war victim. The son talks about his father, who was surrounded by war traumas, and his fellow victims. The writer tells how he had experienced his father, a war victim, during his own life. The father in question has long since passed away, but the son still lived with the horrors his father experienced in World War II.
Life after a war is at all; possible?
The son’s father had been employed by the Nazis as a labourer during the Second World War. The father had seen and experienced many terrible things there. The son noticed that his father never really talked about these things, but often had very bad nights. After the death of his father, he, the son, started to look into the possibilities of finding out what happened to his father and fellow victims. He found the hardships that his father and his fellow sufferers had to endure in the Second World War. Many fellow victims told him about the torture that the German soldiers inflicted on these victims. Enduring and witnessing so much suffering caused lifelong trauma to his father and his fellow victims. And note, “These victims still experience the days and nights in the labor camps of the Second World War every night. They weren’t even on the front line yet.
Is prevention still much better than cure?
It’s a pity that so few people in the world are interested in these stories, or read these books. The story of the people from these horrible labor camps should keep us awake. We must encourage us to intervene immediately when another conflict arises in the world. But the truth is unfortunately different, we close our eyes and prefer to watch Netflix, Disney Chanel and or HBO. The funny thing is that these people watch the most horrific war and violence movies there. There, at least, it stays far from their bed. Would these films, which often disguise reality, prepare these people sufficiently for a possible next war, or is reality just a little more horrific, so that they too will have to or want to process their traumas in silence?
What do you want, what do you choose in these turbulent times?
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