The war in Ukraine: 1 year later, 10 thoughts.
It's been almost a year since the war started. Here are my condensed thoughts.
1. It is only Russia's fault.
And by that I mean a few who control Russia.
A bunch of talking heads say that US pushed Russia to invade, NATO bla bla bla. Does not matter if that's true, it is Russia who invaded Ukraine. They are dropping the bombs, they threw the first punch and keep on throwing more.
2. Russia has no excuses.
Russia is a nuclear weapons collector. They have the most numerous nuclear weapons in the world. Even if Ukraine joined NATO, even if Ukraine hosted some American nuclear weapons, it made 0 difference for Russia. No one is suicidal to ever attack Russia. For fucks-sake no one dares to attack North Korea because they have one and a half nuclear weapons...
So when Russia or others are blabbing about how they had no choices, that it is the Americans' fault for this, then this is pure nonsense of course.
3. The situation is very complicated.
Some say the world should keep on providing arms to Ukraine, some say this is terrible and only prolongs this war so more people will die, some say they should defeat Russia (now is the moment), some say Ukraine should accept some compromises and negotiate some peace talks....
But now that this war has created a lot of damage already it is hard to say wtf anyone should do next. Allowing Russia to take those Ukrainian territories seems like an invitation to grab more from Ukraine in the future. And it just feels wrong to let them do that...like terribly wrong.
4. The others are also big bullshitters.
On the other hand "the rest" are also complete idiots by thinking that Russia wants to take Ukraine, then the other tribes. Same way that no one dares to directly attack Russia, Russia cannot dare to attack any NATO members. It is pure suicide for both sides.
5. The profiteers.
Lots of people take advantage of this war. The ones selling weapons, the ones hosting the refugees, and lots of others who deal with the tons of money transfers for aid purposes or other purposes. Many people are getting rich because of this war.
6. USA and the rest are the opposite of saints.
USA; France, Germany and others, are supplying weapons to all sorts of dictatorial tribes around the world. They have killed, tortured, and destroyed a lot over the past decades. They are charlatans who pretend to care about Ukraine. Some might, but very likely they only follow their own interests. So fuck off with your superheroes attitude. You are not here to defeat the evil, you are here to prioritize only your own interests while sitting on the shoulders of dead and enslaved people.
7. The damaged ones.
Like with all wars, the ones suffering are not the ones who started the war. Are the ones that do not want any of this. Some are dead, many are refugees now.
8. I don't trust Ukraine.
The image of Ukraine, the heroes, I do not buy. I am sure there is some truth about what is being negatively said about them. Like them being influenced by the US, being engulfed in corruption, abusing in the past the areas that Russia occupied, that a bunch of people from those regions wanted to be part of Russia, especially in Crimea, and so forth.
9. Putin has failed.
Let's be naive and take Putin's words as true. If he wanted for the Russian people in those occupied regions to not be persecuted and treated badly, he achieved the opposite. He destroyed those areas, those lives. And made most of the world hate Russia and Russians.
If he was scared of Ukraine and how it was becoming a US puppet, and how they were getting new weapons and such, well...now Ukraine is even more a US puppet and has more weapons than they ever had. And they will get more. So, another failure.
If he wanted to push NATO further, then he achieved the opposite. NATO is closer and has more weapons now.
If he wanted to flex his muscles, he showcased that Russia has none.
All he achieved is dead people from both sides, destroyed homes and families, a worldwide hate on Russia; he isolated Russia in all regards, he showcased how badly prepared his army is, and made everyone look good and "come together" in this fakish fashion but one that made USA and Europe produce more arms, and ally against Russia.
10. The future is a constant suffering.
After all I am seeing, this war will drag for a long time. At best they get tired, exhausted, and will seek for a "peace deal" that may last for a bit of time, to then fight over those bordering regions again. Russia would love to destroy Ukraine, USA would love to drag Russia into a prolonged war.
It is an insane game that should not have existed in the first place.
I'll leave you with this image:
The nearest galaxy to us. Billions upon billions of stars. Even more planets. We are in this vast Universe....on a small round rock. Why aren't we helping each other, create a wonderful life for us all, and go explore the rest of the Universe? Why do we fight...?
We know who we are, from a scientific perspective. But almost no one understands....humans, despite the vast amount of knowledge about the universe and us, are still living like "citizens". Patriots, workers, statuses....Zombies.
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in reply to Tio • •@Tio
... show moreI feel like a lot of people are just picking sides when it comes to politics, so its nice to hear a more balanced view from you. Apart from the NATO thing, one theory I've heard is that Putin started this war because Ukraine has a lot of untapped oil reserves which they could sell to other western counties if they join EU, which means Russia will lose their market share. None of this justifies Putin's war, but I expected you'd mention this because war caused by trade/profit is worse IMO..... Its also surprising to see how the US and other countries are acting like heros/protectors when I'm fairly certain that they have their own interests in mind, and not to mention they have a history of engaging in war & abuse themselves. See this video where 2 members of the European Parliament from Ireland points out this hypocrisy -
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I feel like a lot of people are just picking sides when it comes to politics, so its nice to hear a more balanced view from you. Apart from the NATO thing, one theory I've heard is that Putin started this war because Ukraine has a lot of untapped oil reserves which they could sell to other western counties if they join EU, which means Russia will lose their market share. None of this justifies Putin's war, but I expected you'd mention this because war caused by trade/profit is worse IMO..... Its also surprising to see how the US and other countries are acting like heros/protectors when I'm fairly certain that they have their own interests in mind, and not to mention they have a history of engaging in war & abuse themselves. See this video where 2 members of the European Parliament from Ireland points out this hypocrisy - reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/co…
I'm not saying any of this to justify/support Russia, I know they're no saints either. In fact, just a couple of days before the Russia-Ukraine war began I was watching this documentary called "For sama" which was about the war in Syria, and guess who was helping the dictator bomb civilians there? yes it was Russia. So I don't trust any of these countries when they pretend like the good guys, their actions say more about them.
We're in the 21st century right now, and yet so many wars, exploitation & poverty. This is very sad and makes me feel ashamed to be a human being. Calling these countries as tribes is accurate, because that's what they are, primitive...... We're all on this tiny little rock suspended in a universe that's so vast and enormous that our brains can't even comprehend its size. I'm not trying to be poetic here, this is the actual scientific truth and the reality surrounding us. The earth will live on and the universe will continue to exist, with or without us. So for the little time we have in our lives, we can either choose to spend that time dividing each other into little tribes and drawing imaginary borders on this planet, or we can choose to be be smart and recognize that we're one species, to spend our time helping each other instead of fighting for this or that.
#AttackTheWorldWithSolutions is a great slogan, thank you my friend Tio for introducing me to it :)
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in reply to Rokosun • •Yes I've heard about the resources part, but since I am not very informed about I wanted to avoid mentioning it. But you're right, that should play some role too. I am happy you mentioned it. And I love that hashtag! #AttackTheWorldWithSolutions
I should use more such hashtags. You are very good at that :)
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in reply to Tio • •Being born in Russia and followed this story from the inside, I can say that there's a third side of things here, which usually is ignored by many.. I think, it's because a big part of the political work is to create narratives, which may give a way of controlling the masses, like creating this nationality, homeland and patriotic kind of stories, which people may follow and feel more of participation and, so told, "to make a difference" (which is total BS in the most cases of course). During the time of war it's "Good vs. Evil" type of narrative, which makes it easy for people to root for "Hero type of guys" obviously and to justify the hard decisions which usually follows "A battle of a light with the darkness"..
But back to my point, the third side of things is actually a simple story of Putin guy, who's just a thief, mobster and really average person, being put in charge of entire country with 140+ millions of people lives, just because "our best idea" to organize our societies is to make one person or 1% other people to lead the way and to decide the destiny of others. F
... show moreBeing born in Russia and followed this story from the inside, I can say that there's a third side of things here, which usually is ignored by many.. I think, it's because a big part of the political work is to create narratives, which may give a way of controlling the masses, like creating this nationality, homeland and patriotic kind of stories, which people may follow and feel more of participation and, so told, "to make a difference" (which is total BS in the most cases of course). During the time of war it's "Good vs. Evil" type of narrative, which makes it easy for people to root for "Hero type of guys" obviously and to justify the hard decisions which usually follows "A battle of a light with the darkness"..
But back to my point, the third side of things is actually a simple story of Putin guy, who's just a thief, mobster and really average person, being put in charge of entire country with 140+ millions of people lives, just because "our best idea" to organize our societies is to make one person or 1% other people to lead the way and to decide the destiny of others. From his point of view he got one chance from billion of billions to get his "lucky penny" and the source of enourmous, almost infinite rich and power. And as everyone in this world is trying to find something to make money out of, to trade, trade, trade in order to survive and, if found, would cling to it whatever it costs, would try to make sure that nobody else can milk it, except himself and his friends and relatives, Putin is no different, but in his case, he got a fucking jackpot. Now, his Ukranian war is just an evolution of the idea to save his "magic throne" which gives him, the average guy, so many treasures. First, he tried for 20+ years to terrorise Russian citizens, slowly but steady stealing the rights to speak freely or to be guaranteed with certain level of safety and others. The rule was simple: you're not having any claims to the "throne", so you can live your life and we are not touching you, probably.. But after the time it stopped working. Some people (like Navalny) were too stubborn to continue to claim for Putin's "piece of the pie" and led certain amount of others after themselves, constantly threating the status quo. And after all of this the only card left to play by Putin is to convey another narrative: dehumanize Ukranians, Americans, Europeans, Aliens from Alpha Centauri, whoever else "us against them", just for the sake of saving his stolen money and the status which guarantees it for him. Thus, the war is born. All of these "NATO expansion", "Ukranians are US puppets" are to unite people around the certain idea and to blame everyone, except Putin & Co. Those are just the political narratives again and total BS of course, we should not be deceived by them. The reality of course is that a majority of people are becoming just a tool of manipulation, killing and destroying..
This is direct outcome of our trade-base society. While Humans are measured by the level of "profit" they gain, "status" they have, while it's still the measurement of "success" and also the stepping stone of basic "survival", wars, poverty, child labor, suffering, you name it, aren't going to change. With the perspective of our current environment, Putin is just another by-product of the current way of things, there were many, there'll be many more.. There's no "measurement" of being kind to others or to love, to make others happy (as a result ourselves too, because when people around you are happy, not in stress and not in fear for their lives, more chances you'll be too), but we should try at least to focus on people's environment and what makes them to behave cruelly and dangerously, to build a system of caring about people, not political/business interests..
I would like to state also that I condemn any wars, no matter of the cause, time and conditions. I believe this is the worst possible of all Human interractions and there can't be any political narrative to justify it happening, no fucking way. I'm really sorry for what comes to the people of Ukraine and their lives and so to the Russians and anyone who suffered. Would it be any chance for me to have that value in this trade-base world to stop it, mind you, I would do that immediately.. yesterday already.. shit, I would even prevent it from happening in the first place.. but since I'm not, I can only hope that the end of it isn't that far away.. FUCK THE WAR!
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