We Can Send Rockets to the Moon, But We Still Can’t Be Kind?

We Can Send Rockets to the Moon, But We Still Can’t Be Kind?

Sometimes I look at the world and just feel completely disheartened.

We live in an age where we can send people to the moon, communicate instantly across the globe, build electric cars, and create artificial intelligence. We've cracked the code on so many incredible technological feats — and yet, we still haven’t figured out how to just… be kind to one another.

We pour billions — billions — of dollars into war. Bombs. Guns. Drones. We fund violence and destruction like it’s essential to life itself. Meanwhile, people are starving. Families are suffering. People are breaking under the weight of stress and financial hardship, wondering how they’re going to make it through the week.

We live in a world where corporations and governments throw money at tools of death while so many of us are just trying to stay afloat. And it makes no sense. How have we not evolved past this? Why are we still fighting, still hurting, still divided?

It frustrates me to my core.

I don’t claim to have all the answers. I’m just a regular guy trying to make sense of it all. But I do know this: human beings deserve better. We all do. We deserve a world where kindness is the default, not the exception. Where compassion is louder than conflict. Where we see each other as humans — not enemies, not statistics, not obstacles.

We’ve been here on Earth for thousands of years. We’ve developed tools and systems and entire civilizations… but we still haven’t mastered peace. We still haven't learned how to truly care for one another, how to look someone in the eye — regardless of race, religion, background, or beliefs — and say: “You matter.”

This post isn’t about politics. It’s about people. It’s about choosing empathy over ego. Choosing unity over division. Choosing to believe in a world that doesn’t need war to function.

I started Put Down Your Arms not just to sell T-shirts or art, but to create a space that stands for something better. A space that dares to imagine a world where peace is possible — and more than that, normal.

If you’ve ever felt like I do — frustrated, heartbroken, overwhelmed — I want you to know you’re not alone. And if even a small part of you believes the world could be different… then maybe we’ve already begun.

Let’s keep trying. Let’s keep speaking out. Let’s keep choosing peace — no matter how loud the world gets.

– John
Founder, Put Down Your Arms