For thousands of years, human life had a clear foundation. People lived close to their families, their land, their countries—not just out of necessity, but because these things formed a core part of their identity. They lived for something bigger than themselves—their communities, their traditions, their legacies.

Now? People are expected to live for Amazon. Or some other corporate entity that sees them as disposable labor. Their “communities” are online interactions, and their “identities” are whatever gets the most engagement on social media.

And yet, we’re all supposed to pretend this is fine.

The Great Gaslighting: Pretending This is “Normal”

The world gaslights us into believing that this is just progress, that we should adapt and be grateful for all this “freedom.”

But freedom for what?

• Freedom to work a job we don’t care about, in a city we don’t belong to, with no real human connection?
• Freedom to endlessly scroll, consume, and distract ourselves while feeling more isolated than ever?
• Freedom to live in a world where nothing feels real, deep, or permanent?

Let’s be honest. This isn’t just a little shift. This is an entire civilization-level displacement. A transformation so deep and unsettling that most people don’t even know why they feel so lost.

But they do feel lost. And the numbers show it:

• People are lonelier than ever.
• Birth rates are collapsing.
• Relationships are harder to form and even harder to maintain.
• Mental health issues are skyrocketing.

And yet, instead of addressing the root causes, society just tells us to “try harder” to date, to “stop being lazy” and have kids, to “work on ourselves” as if the entire structural shift of society isn’t the real issue.

People Were Not Built for This

Humans evolved in tight-knit communities. They thrived when they had deep connections, a sense of belonging, a reason to live beyond just “making money.”

Now, people are expected to:

• Move away from their families for work.
• Live in rented apartments, never putting down roots.
• Spend most of their time interacting online instead of forming deep in-person relationships.
• Build their entire identity around a job that sees them as replaceable.
• Are asked to go as far as to put their employer above their county or their spiritual beliefs. A corporation that sees them as disposable and does not care about personal achievement. Or common, societal goals. Or anything that holds meaning for people.

And then when they struggle, society gaslights them into thinking it’s just a personal failure.

No. It’s not fine. And it’s not just you who feels this way.

Massive Displacement & The Breakdown of Human Connection

On top of all this? Massive displacement.

For work, for survival, for better opportunities, people are being ripped away from everything that once gave them stability—their families, their culture, their sense of home.

And it’s not just physical displacement.
It’s emotional, spiritual, and psychological displacement.

How are people supposed to form deep, lasting connections when they’re always moving, always working, always plugged into a digital existence that feels hollow?

How are they supposed to raise families when they don’t even feel stable enough in their own lives?

And then society has the audacity to shame them for not settling down, for not having kids, for not doing the things that were once a natural part of life.

The truth is, people didn’t stop wanting these things. They just don’t know how to build them in a world that no longer supports it.

The Unspoken Crisis of Our Generation

This is not fine.
It has never been fine.
And it’s time we stop pretending.

The truth is, our generation is dealing with a massive, structural, psychological crisis that no one wants to name.

Because if they did? They would have to admit that something is deeply, deeply broken.

So instead, they keep pushing the same fake narratives:

• “It’s just technology! You’ll adapt!”
• “Just work harder and stop complaining!”
• “Why don’t young people want families anymore?”

Because admitting the truth would mean admitting that the way society is structured isn’t working. That maybe—just maybe—people are not built to live like this.

And until we acknowledge that, nothing will change.