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 It might be worth taking a philosophical approach and applying Nietzsche’s optimistic and positive outlook to the current situations in the USA, Venezuela, Russia and Ukraine, as well as Israel and Palestine. According to thinkers like Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Goethe, and others, tragedies, problems, wars, and accidents can sometimes have positive effects on humanity’s progress. At times, wars and revolutions can inspire changes in behavior toward becoming better and stronger individuals. Even Reagan once suggested in a UN speech that an alien invasion could help set aside human differences and unite the human race..  

All these events could potentially spark enlightenment, mental growth, and a radical shift in the personal behavior of many people. Perhaps Americans, often politically disillusioned, might step out of their comfort zones and become more politically engaged. People may even begin to reject traditional parties in favor of more radical and better alternatives.

However, being a philosophical pessimist-misanthropist, an anarchist-nihilist, and having lost faith in mankind, I believe that even with today’s events—crazy things like potential alien UFO contact and disclosure—we won’t see any real positive change in the world. Things will likely remain the same, with a few enjoying happy lives while the majority of the global population continues to live in poverty and pain. According to critical theory philosopher Erich Fromm, most people dislike change and freedom, preferring to live according to customs, habits, and traditions., so even if Trump were a monster worse than Caligula or Pinochet, and even though not even 9/11 changed people’s behavior, it’s likely they’ll keep living their meaningless, conformist routines of consuming, overworking, and being taxed and billed to death.