I must say that the flag-waving, virtual signaling, not to mention vicious vitriol towards Russia and Donbas is as disturbing as anything I've ever seen. At least, in my lifetime. People, particularly in America, have a very difficult time understanding the nuances of this civil war, and I imagine much of that is the consequence of propaganda.
We all know that it is not ethical to spend billions of dollars overthrowing a democratically elected president, yet that is precisely what America did.
Obviously, the people who voted for Yanukovych saw that as a coup. And they seceded.
It is also unequivocally true that Donbas has been attacked, irregularly and monstrously, by factions in Kiev. People are living in their basements for the last seven years for fear of shelling.
All we hear from our elected officials is that they have "evidence" that Russia is engaging in a false flag operation, and that all of the shelling is the result of Putin's mastermind plot to destroy the west, and that Kiev, like little babies, perfect princesses, have nothing at all to do with it.
Yet, bizarrely, and somewhat disturbingly, they refuse to present the evidence to American citizens and the international community. It reminds me of the old soviet union during the Cuban missile crisis. In this case, of course, the roles were reversed. America did have the evidence and presented that evidence. Today, however, the U.S. sounds like the old soviet union. You make bold accusations, but when pressed for hard evidence you begin to babble and prattle.
So the facts are clear.
1. Kiev violated the MINSK agreement.
2. The poor folks in Donbas have been living in hell.
3. The U.S., oddly, supplies Kiev with weapons.
4. Russia gets dragged into the conflict after eight years of trying to negotiate.
If you point out that permitting Bosnia to unilaterally secede is the same as permitting Donbas to unilaterally secede, they will claim you don't understand. Putin is different. Putin thinks different. Putin wants to take over Europe.
But again, when you ask them for evidence, you get nothing but crickets. It turns out all of these so-called crimes are perceptions, grounded in belief not fact.
And then, of course, there is the overtly disgusting AZOV battalion, which before the war was widely reported on for its Nazi roots, and neo-nazi members, and by mainstream outlets; yet, after the war began, miraculously, Russia is the Nazi, and Ukraine is the princess.
Sadly, this is all true. The 2023 version of the U.S. is more totalitarian than 2023 Russia.
We have fewer freedoms.
It doesn't have to be this way. Our constitution is as elegant as it ever was. But the disease of wokeness has gripped the west in such a way that it's starting to resemble the old Soviet Union. And maybe this is the conspiracy theorist in me, but I think an awful lot of money has been spent trying to convince people that the state is their friend, that the state can solve all of their problems, and that the horrible people are those awful individualist, conservative, Christians. there does seem to be a concerted effort to convince Americans that CCP style of governance, which is to say Stalinist style, is the right approach. The destructivists are certainly on the march, especially in academy. And the social justice foot soldiers are their infantry.
I must say that the flag-waving, virtual signaling, not to mention vicious vitriol towards Russia and Donbas is as disturbing as anything I've ever seen. At least, in my lifetime. People, particularly in America, have a very difficult time understanding the nuances of this civil war, and I imagine much of that is the consequence of propaganda.
We all know that it is not ethical to spend billions of dollars overthrowing a democratically elected president, yet that is precisely what America did.
Obviously, the people who voted for Yanukovych saw that as a coup. And they seceded.
It is also unequivocally true that Donbas has been attacked, irregularly and monstrously, by factions in Kiev. People are living in their basements for the last seven years for fear of shelling.
All we hear from our elected officials is that they have "evidence" that Russia is engaging in a false flag operation, and that all of the shelling is the result of Putin's mastermind plot to destroy the west, and that Kiev, like little babies, perfect princesses, have nothing at all to do with it.
Yet, bizarrely, and somewhat disturbingly, they refuse to present the evidence to American citizens and the international community. It reminds me of the old soviet union during the Cuban missile crisis. In this case, of course, the roles were reversed. America did have the evidence and presented that evidence. Today, however, the U.S. sounds like the old soviet union. You make bold accusations, but when pressed for hard evidence you begin to babble and prattle.
So the facts are clear.
1. Kiev violated the MINSK agreement.
2. The poor folks in Donbas have been living in hell.
3. The U.S., oddly, supplies Kiev with weapons.
4. Russia gets dragged into the conflict after eight years of trying to negotiate.
If you point out that permitting Bosnia to unilaterally secede is the same as permitting Donbas to unilaterally secede, they will claim you don't understand. Putin is different. Putin thinks different. Putin wants to take over Europe.
But again, when you ask them for evidence, you get nothing but crickets. It turns out all of these so-called crimes are perceptions, grounded in belief not fact.
And then, of course, there is the overtly disgusting AZOV battalion, which before the war was widely reported on for its Nazi roots, and neo-nazi members, and by mainstream outlets; yet, after the war began, miraculously, Russia is the Nazi, and Ukraine is the princess.
Sadly, this is all true. The 2023 version of the U.S. is more totalitarian than 2023 Russia.
We have fewer freedoms.
It doesn't have to be this way. Our constitution is as elegant as it ever was. But the disease of wokeness has gripped the west in such a way that it's starting to resemble the old Soviet Union. And maybe this is the conspiracy theorist in me, but I think an awful lot of money has been spent trying to convince people that the state is their friend, that the state can solve all of their problems, and that the horrible people are those awful individualist, conservative, Christians. there does seem to be a concerted effort to convince Americans that CCP style of governance, which is to say Stalinist style, is the right approach. The destructivists are certainly on the march, especially in academy. And the social justice foot soldiers are their infantry.