Crans-Montana 💔
“Thus passes the glory of the world”
My thoughts
Shall we finally put an end to this atrocity?
40 dead
115 injured
More than 10 missing
The numbers may not be exact but the toll is horrifying
They are not victims — they are martyrs
Martyrs of a society that sends its children to the stake, like Christians thrown to the lions in the Colosseum
The lions of consumerism, of ostentation, of showing off
The lions of pirate club owners who, for the sake of profit, cram young people into basements
Guilty
And of those stupid fireworks stuck into bottles to signal who is rich
“Hey, look — here’s a rich guy popping champagne!
Everyone look at him!”
The apotheosis of sadness and existential emptiness
Moments later, the bottle is empty, upside down, the sparkle melted into the ice bucket
The perfect metaphor for the fragility
and decay of this lethal formula
A triumph of the ephemeral, the fleeting, the hollow
Icarus burning himself in the sun
Narcissus staring at his reflection
in the dirty, melting ice of the bucket
It is time to end this farce, this third-millennium clown show, turned — like Rome burning under Nero —
into a pyre of pain and a bonfire of vanities
May none of these lives have been taken in vain!
These empty fireworks must be abolished
This formula must be abolished
Mandatory
Have fun, kids — but let your souls shine!
Reinvent your nights!
Reinvent your freedom!
The stupid social-media story with sparkling bottles died in Switzerland on January 1st, 2026
Now please, rise again and find a different way to enjoy yourselves, as we once did…
Dedicated to all the victims of the most senseless fire of modern times
May your souls rest in peace 🕯️