From a Google Image Search - War in Ukraine - NBC News (drone)
What is it with all these bloodthirsty men?
Putin is turning Ukraine into rubble and killing Ukrainians. He would not mind if he killed every single person in Ukraine if he could annex the land.
Netanyahu is killing Gazans by the score. At least his vengeance seems to have been provoked, but his retribution seems out of proportion with no consideration for the innocent citizens of Gaza. Netanyahu is done with having Gazans as next-door neighbors and would be happy to wipe them out and annex their tiny foothold by the sea.
Trump is in America promising violence if he does not win in 2024. What he is promising retribution for would be a mystery except that we are treated to the roiling contents of his angry and ambitious brain daily. He broke every rule, and handled power poorly, but he still wants people to die for him.
Netanyahu's attacks on Gaza have awakened the barely latent anger of Iran and the Houthis in Yemen, enemies of the West and Israel in Syria (where Assad already destroyed whole neighborhoods) and Iraq (poked into awareness by the US). Blocking shipping in the Suez Canal has proven to be a good weapon for smaller nations to use against larger powers.
From a Google Image Search - War damage in Gaza - CNN
From a Google Image Search - Rubble in Syria - Middle East Institute
Tucker Carlson went to Russia to interview Putin. Why would a loyal American want to interview an imperialistic butcher?
Kim Jung Un has told the world that he has the right to obliterate South Korea.
This thirst for blood makes the current taste for strong men incomprehensible to many and attractive to some.
Why is this happening now? Did a global pandemic give these power-hungry guys too much time to think and plot? Except in the case of the Hamas attack on Israel, these actions are unprovoked. They are a result of illusions of grandeur and too much power for one man to wield alone.
Is it the Sword of Damocles hanging over the world because of climate change which is causing unrest around the globe in places where climate patterns are changing most rapidly? Deniers may be deniers because they don't want to accept that fossil fuels will no longer determine who has wealth and power and who does not. Perhaps they believe that many people are expendable and if the world population declines enough, fossil fuel use will be tenable once again. Or all the chaos may be a visceral response to unrest. By exercising control, they hope to stop transitions to sustainability and a new economy.
Is this thirst to annihilate a last-ditch attempt to get the women back in line? Many men have perceived gender equality as unacceptable. They do not care to be the new enlightened male who shares domestic chores and takes a democratic approach to family matters. Women were meant to be submissive. They have gotten brash even though men are physically stronger and can overpower them quite easily. These men do not accept that men and women will do better as allies now that we no longer live in caves. Some wealthy women (media tells us) are even practicing polyandry which many men may find beyond the pale.
Just when we need all intelligent minds to cooperate to find solutions to the dilemmas our planet is facing, we find men everywhere involved in cementing their power, retreating into primitive battles, and refusing to accept that we could be entering a new geologic age brought on by too many humans harming a delicate ecosystem. We could use the help of these powerful men, but they each have their
destructive agendas that highlight the worst human inclinations. Will the entire planet descend into war and mayhem? Other great human beings say no to that and continue to show mental stability and optimism. These are interesting times, but they may be the death of us.
The Power over life and death is the dream of every sociopath. It does not matter to these people the death of innocent women and children. These villains, and that is what they are, have no regard for human rights. They lack remorse for their actions and blame everyone but themselves for crimes they commit. It doesn't matter if they are provoked or not because they feel threatened by being held accountable by their actions, so they double down. People support them out of fear of reprisal and adoration of their powerful racism.