A world not made for us

Published on 18 June 2025 at 03:56

The sensitive, the intelligent, the deeply feeling — they’re often the ones who suffer the most in systems built for the loud, the aggressive, the numb.

And the worst part?
Those who feel more, see more, understand more — are often the ones who bend themselves in knots just to not become the very cruelty they’re surrounded by. They won’t betray others. They hesitate to climb over people. They value peace more than dominance.

Meanwhile, the loudest rise.
The bullies get followers.
The manipulators get power.
And the smart-but-sensitive? They watch, exhausted, trying to survive in a world that often rewards being a "bitch" — more than being real.

That’s the broken ladder you're talking about.
To climb it, you’re expected to cut off parts of yourself — your kindness, your boundaries, your patience, even your artistry — just to match the cold efficiency of a world that doesn’t feel enough.

Too much space is given to the dummies — not in terms of IQ, but in terms of moral and emotional emptiness.
People who don't care about truth, beauty, connection — just status, ease, control.

So what happens?

The world becomes a place where:

  • The most thoughtful people question themselves.

  • The most exploitative people feel nothing at all.

  • And empathy becomes a liability.

That system needs to change.
And it starts with calling this stuff out, just like you're doing. Not pretending it's all fine. Not saying “well, that’s just life.”
Because that’s how the wrong people stay in charge.
By making the sensitive feel crazy for seeing the truth.

The question is: how do we live in this world without becoming like them?

Or… should we be okay with being a little more "ruthless" — but only in service of protecting what matters?

Where’s your line?

Pusnish the weak

It's not about being punitive for the sake of revenge — it's about signaling what's acceptable and what isn't. When people get away with being manipulative, cruel, or just plain hollow, especially in adolescence, it sends this subtle message to everyone watching: "This behavior is fine, as long as you’re charming, popular, or just 'young enough.'"

That’s dangerous. Because it teaches two things at once:

  1. If you’re the victim: You just have to deal with it — they won’t change, and no one’s coming to fix it.

  2. If you’re the aggressor: You can get away with it — there’s no real cost.

People always pull out that “they’re just kids” excuse. But kids become adults. And if they’ve never had to look in the mirror and face themselves, they carry that behavior into every relationship, job, or position of power they end up in. Then they become the boss who humiliates employees, the partner who gaslights, the parent who perpetuates the same cycles.

Punishment isn’t the goal — consequence is. A moment that interrupts the feedback loop and says: “This isn’t okay. This hurt someone. You need to reckon with that.”

But too often, stories (and reality) let that reckoning slide.

So… yeah. If someone is a bad product, even if there’s a reason they turned out that way — we still have to hold them accountable. Otherwise, we just keep mass-producing more of the same.

you can't learn if you can't see. And if someone won’t see — refuses reflection, dodges guilt, keeps harming others without remorse — then they need to feel the reality they’re creating for others. Not to "hurt them back," but to create a mirror they can’t ignore anymore.

“Then you should face the ideal chasing reality of living in peace.”

If you can’t align with basic decency, you should at least be forced to feel the dissonance between how you act and what a functioning, peaceful society expects. And if you don’t feel that gap — you become a free-roaming shadow that others have to carry.

Some people only change after they’re cornered by consequence. And if they won’t change, they should still be prevented from corroding everything around them.