I watched the first four episodes of Years and Years tonight. I’m almost scared to watch more. These kind of programs really get in my head. My boyfriend watches youtube videos about politics and smart people talking about the future of the planet, I never really fully understand and take it in, or I’m not paying enough attention to understand, but Years and Years has really gotten to me.

Years and Years is kind of like a Black Mirror but more realistic, more relatable, and it is scary. I had a bit of a mental breakdown after episode 3. I just wanted to take all of my money out of my bank and die. Whats the point. I don’t want to live in a world like that, I don’t want to bring kids into a world like that. And that is exactly how I can see the world being.

For those who haven’t seen it, it is set in the not too distant future and focuses on a family in Manchester. They all live ‘comfortable’, ‘normal’ lives but who are all affected by the changing in the political landscape.

It’s scary because it’s hitting so close to home. Trump gets re-elected, a far right politician is elected prime minister, the banks all collapse, there’s about to be another war, the planet is dying etc. At the moment it feels like we all think we’ve got time to fix things, (or we don’t think about it at all) but we haven’t got time. I know there are people are doing little things but it’s not enough.

I really hope more people who don’t really pay attention to anything outside of their own lives watch this programme. I didn’t really care about politics or pay much attention to the news but now I feel like I have to, I don’t want to, but I have to. There’s a line in the show that says “remember when we thought the news was boring”. And now their lives are affected by everything. The news is no longer about a war in another country, it’s real and it is directly affecting us and our children.

The worst thing is, is I don’t know what to do about it. I don’t know how to make it better. I don’t want to ignore it but I don’t feel like I can do anything to change it.