What are you most worried about for the future?

To be honest, in Taiwan, anyone who says they’re not worried about a potential war with China is probably lying.

But if you ask me what I truly fear the most about the future, war isn’t at the top of the list.

What I fear more is the slow collapse of our own systems—right here at home.

Let’s start with energy policy.

While chanting slogans like “Nuclear-Free Homeland,” the government has pushed thermal power plants to their limits, and air pollution has quietly become part of daily life.

Nuclear energy, which deserves rational and open discussion, has been demonized and politically silenced.

Green energy? It’s become a money game—showering subsidies on certain companies, even rumored to be connected with organized crime.

The romanticized idea of “powering with love” has turned into a harsh reality of “powering with our lungs.”

Then there’s the crumbling of our social insurance system.

Every year they say reform is coming, and every year it gets murkier.

Public subsidies, infrastructure projects, and stimulus plans keep flowing, but somehow the problems stay the same—or get worse.

Money is being spent, but it’s hard to see where it’s actually going.

What’s even more frustrating is how the government spends taxpayers’ money to control the narrative.

Under the guise of “policy promotion,” massive budgets are poured into friendly media to paint a glowing picture of their achievements.

At the same time, critics and opposition voices are not met with facts—but with labels.

Disagree with the government? You’ll be branded as “pro-China” or “anti-Taiwan.”

In this twisted game, nationalism becomes a shield against accountability.

At the end of the day, it’s not the missiles that keep me up at night.

It’s the creeping sense that our freedom of choice, trust in governance, and collective future are quietly slipping away.

We do have enemies. But maybe—just maybe—we’ll lose to ourselves before they even arrive.

It’s hard to change the world. It’s even harder to change other people.

But if we can still see clearly and refuse to lie to ourselves, then at least we’ve preserved a sliver of personal freedom.

There’s a saying: “If you can change yourself, you’re a god. If you try to change others, you’re insane.”

It sounds like a joke, but it hits like a warning bell.

Maybe what we need right now isn’t more shouting—just a bit more clarity, and the courage to stay awake in a system that wants us to fall asleep.