NOTHING IS MAKING SENSE ANYMORE.

 

NOTHING IS MAKING SENSE ANYMORE.

We keep hearing the same words: “mistakes were made” “lessons will be learned” “internal review” “mental health issues” “paid leave” “not criminally responsible” “isolated incident”

And meanwhile the violence, suffering, addiction, poverty, fear, and hopelessness continue growing around us.

A restrained 17-year-old Indigenous girl is punched repeatedly in custody. People overdose alone. Families live in tents while luxury towers rise around them. Women disappear. Random violence rises. Communities fracture. People stop trusting institutions. And ordinary citizens are told to simply adapt to all of it.

What we are witnessing is the normalization of suffering.

Many Canadians grew up believing this country stood for fairness, human rights, safety, compassion, and accountability. But more and more people feel like there are now two systems: one for ordinary people, and another for institutions and people connected to power.

We have spent years hearing about reconciliation while Indigenous women still experience violence, over-policing, neglect, and systemic discrimination.

We hear endless talk about public safety while vulnerable people in custody are assaulted. We hear about mental health while traumatized people are left suffering in streets, shelters, and overcrowded hospitals. We hear about justice while sentences and outcomes leave the public stunned.

Nothing feels proportional anymore.

People are exhausted watching governments expand policing powers while housing collapses, healthcare strains, and communities feel increasingly tense and unequal.

Now Vancouver prepares for massive international events and increased security presence while trust in institutions is already deeply damaged.

Many residents remember the Stanley Cup riots and other moments where frustration, anger, alcohol, economic pressure, and distrust exploded into chaos. People can feel tension building again — not because citizens want violence, but because so many feel unheard, financially crushed, emotionally burned out, and alienated from decision-makers.

And beneath all of this is a deeper question:

What kind of society are we becoming when suffering becomes background noise?

When people step over overdoses on sidewalks. When youth lose hope before adulthood. When workers cannot afford rent. When women fear violence. When Indigenous families keep hearing apologies instead of change. When people stop believing accountability exists.

This is not just about one police officer. This is not just about one case. This is about a society under strain.

People want real accountability. People want independent investigations. People want systems that protect the vulnerable instead of protecting themselves. People want leadership that understands social breakdown cannot be solved with PR campaigns, surveillance, or force alone.

A healthy society cannot be built on fear, inequality, despair, and normalized trauma.

At some point, governments and institutions must ask themselves: Why are so many people losing trust? Why are so many people angry? Why does everything feel like it is fraying?

Because when people stop believing systems are fair, stable, or humane, the social fabric itself begins to unravel.

And many people in Vancouver can already feel it happening.

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