I know it's hard to grasp how terrible things have gotten in the world today. However, the way the world is should not come as a shock because of two reasons. The first reason is because the ruler of this world is Satan the Devil. 1 John 5:19 says, "We know we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." Revelation 12:9 says, "So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth,he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him." So with Satan the Devil being the ruler...these bad conditions should come as no surprise. The second reason why it's not shocking is because several times in the Bible, Jehovah God foretells that the world will be like it is. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 reads, "But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedients to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power, and from these turn away." So the Bible gives a clear warning about the world being like it is. God is letting Satan rule, but in the near future Jehovah God is going to rid the Earth of these conditions. Psalms 37:10,11 reads,"And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more. And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace." So there's hope for those who choose to live their lives in the way that pleases Jehovah God, and it's up to us to find out how we can do that through His word the Bible.