Tired of real-life villains? This is what you do

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Growing up, we admire heroes like Superman, Wonder Woman, Harry Potter, and Katniss Everdeen. Like all fictional heroes, they have only one thing in common—a deep dedication to protecting others.

Ask people about real-life heroes, and you’ll likely hear names like Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr.—individuals who devoted their lives to standing up for others.

The villain

In movies and books, heroes always face a villain. These villains usually crave power, control, revenge, or chaos.

Here’s a checklist of classic fictional villain traits. Ring any bells when you look at real-world behaviour?

World Domination – Obsessed with controlling large swaths of the world through politics, military force, or technology.

Revenge – Motivated by a perceived injustice—real or imagined.

Power and Wealth – Willing to harm others in the relentless pursuit of more.

Chaos and Destruction – Delights in dismantling systems and sowing disorder.

Resource Control – Seeks to monopolize essential resources like oil, water, or tech.

Ideological Supremacy – Forces their beliefs onto others, often with violence or coercion.

"Utopia" Creation – Tries to build a so-called perfect world—based solely on their twisted ideals.

Personal Gain at Any Cost – Everything and everyone is expendable in their climb to the top.

Manipulation and Deception – Lies, divides, and deceives to serve their own agenda.

Escape or Immunity – Obsessed with avoiding consequences and shielding themselves from justice.

Today’s news reads like badly written fiction, filled with authoritarian decision-makers hungry for power at everyone else’s expense. Like entitled brats, they demand more and more, regardless of the impact on others. They lie, cheat, and manipulate, causing harm to innocent people. They play the villain so convincingly that it's almost laughable—but it’s not funny.

I pity these bitter old individuals. They seem insecure, desperate for attention, and completely unskilled at building genuine human connections. Their obsession with domination suggests they’ve never learned how to interact with others. Many confuse fear with admiration and conformity with respect. They surround themselves with yes-sayers and, consequently, live in a fantasy world where they believe they’re loved—when most people just see them as villains.

It's time to don the hero’s cape.

Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that with power comes responsibility. I’m tired of fools justifying their attempts to dismantle democracies, bypass laws, or steal land. I’m fed up with millionaires who have everything yet will do anything to gain more. I cannot stomach watching clowns start wars over nothing, sending the young to die while they play golf or attend parties.

These individuals are not leaders; they’re leeches. They rob the world of all that is decent and good. It’s time for heroes to step forward. Without ordinary people taking a stand, history would not have known the names of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, or Nelson Mandela. Many believe these individuals created a following. That’s not true. These so-called heroes didn’t create followers—followers created them. It started with people taking a stand.

Obeying orders is not an excuse

It doesn’t matter who you are—if you buy the villain’s products, hold their guns, accept their lies, or obey their orders, you have the power to influence their behavior.

I may not be directly impacted by what’s happening in other countries, but that doesn’t make me less responsible for taking a stand.

So I’ve decided: I will no longer be a bystander, waiting for someone else to solve the problem. I will take a stance by making it clear that I will not accept this madness—wherever it occurs. I do this by saying, clearly and unapologetically, that I’ve #HadEnough.

It might seem like an insignificant step, but taking a stance is the first step to reclaiming our freedom.

My family and I have decided to start boycotting companies and products that support villains—whether openly or behind the scenes. In doing so, we’ve realized just how much we’ve unknowingly contributed to the problem by financially supporting those connected to harmful agendas. Changing this won’t be easy, but taking a stand rarely is. Whether we like it or not, the choice is now ours: Are we the ones supporting villains, or are we helping shape the next generation of heroes?

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