The state of the world is not ordained, not mystical, not unchangeable. As irrational as it is, it is the logical outcome of centuries of crazy thinking on gender and sexual norms, biases in relationships between peoples and nations, and trade policies taken as gospel with no regard for actual outcomes. We have been trained to admire violence, coercion, power and control over nature and people, and even passing it off as democracy. The perceived benefits were only short range and the accumulated harm rationalized and hidden from view. But it has become painfully obvious and undeniable. Maybe it can be reversed.