Is it wrong that the news is crippling me with anxiety? I seriously can’t breathe.. it’s not even my problem
Is it wrong that the news is crippling me with anxiety? I seriously can’t breathe.. it’s not even my problem
It is wrong. It's also wrong that the civilians of the world are not out en mass protesting.
FWIW, Mr Putin appears highly motivated to have his military kill as few people as possible, whilst achieving his objective.
It appears that both sides are already suing for peace, and Mr Putins demands seem fairly reasonable, so maybe this will be over quickly, with minimal loss of life..
I've always been deeply interested in the truth, a commodity that is in increasingly short supply in our society on all levels these days.
IF you want to get scared of something, try finding out just how much of the whole story our media really gives us about anything! Find a few alternative information sources, use critical thinking skills because much of what you will read is junk, and do take regular breaks because some of it is dizzying stuff. Some of what I saw put forth as "science" during covid was frighteningly inept and not joined up thinking, and worse seriously dishonest, and a lot of people were taken in by simple misinformation.
What makes me so anxious is how very little real and timely information we plebs usually get when world events happen, and how unreliable it seems to be. (If it were not unreliable all those not so wacky conspiracy theories wouldn't keep emerging.
It's plain to see that we have little control over these events, so the safest bet for your metal health is to either look away and get on with your own life, or grab your favourite snack and watch the show avidly!
FWIW, Mr Putin appears highly motivated to have his military kill as few people as possible, whilst achieving his objective.
I don't doubt it but his objective seems to be turning Ukraine into a vassal state under his defacto control.
It appears that both sides are already suing for peace, and Mr Putins demands seem fairly reasonable, so maybe this will be over quickly, with minimal loss of life.
In fairness when a man has a knife to your throat the fact he's only asking for your wallet is of little comfort. And after he's got your wallet he's just as likely to demand your watch or the shoes off your feet. Putin doesn't need to worry about asking everything he wants upfront because he's not asking at all.
FWIW, Mr Putin appears highly motivated to have his military kill as few people as possible, whilst achieving his objective.
I don't doubt it but his objective seems to be turning Ukraine into a vassal state under his defacto control.
It appears that both sides are already suing for peace, and Mr Putins demands seem fairly reasonable, so maybe this will be over quickly, with minimal loss of life.
In fairness when a man has a knife to your throat the fact he's only asking for your wallet is of little comfort. And after he's got your wallet he's just as likely to demand your watch or the shoes off your feet. Putin doesn't need to worry about asking everything he wants upfront because he's not asking at all.
If you are open to learning WHY Russia is doing what it is currently doing, here is a link Mr Putins explanation.
I'd rather let the man speak for himself than try to paraphrase it:
To me this looks like a dispute between neighbours and for some reason WE (I mean you and me as much as the west) who (metaphorically speaking) live several streets away on the other side of town, feel that we have to pick a side and give them weapons.
I think two good reasons to do so are:
1) A few years ago, the Russian state ordered the use of chemical weapons on British soil, which led to the murder of a British citizen, and several others being seriously injured. Mass causalities were avoided only by luck. Representatives of the Russian state then laughed about the situation on TV.
2) History has shown that dictators don't stop when one country has been subjugated. Regular foreign policy adventures of this kind are required to cover up their deficiencies and satisfy their grand ambitions. We might be next.
It's also worth pointing out that the last time Russia tried to turn Ukraine into a vassal state in the 1930s, a genocide occurred in which millions of Ukrainians were starved to death. This may explain why the Ukrainians aren't keen to allow the Russians another go.
It will be interesting to see what happens when Mr Putin makes a "vassal state".
I've watched us doing it for a couple of decades, in many countries, and seen what the bright light of democracy brings to a country. It's interesting to have some contrast.
To me this looks like a dispute between neighbours and for some reason WE (I mean you and me as much as the west) who (metaphorically speaking) live several streets away on the other side of town, feel that we have to pick a side and give them weapons.
The same tools that were used to make most of us rush out and allow an untested MRNA compound to be injected into us whilst knowledge of any potential (or actual) alternative treatment was suppressed (at least until big pharma was able to make a patentable analogue of the compound) are now being used to present Mr Putins actions to us.
I did not trust them before, to tell me the whole story, and I don't trust them now.
With good reason. I learned from the past. When I see our leadership and media being held accountable for the lies they've fed us in the past, rather than being exalted and rewarded (Tony Blair are you reading this?) Then I might feel a bit more involved.
Currently my choices on Sunday morning were the shrill screaming of the MSM about the Ukraine situation, or the more balanced and full presention (with the usual instant fact checks and balances provided by the participating audience) on Alternative media.
Where we probably all DO agree, is that the Ukraininan civilians, right now, are past debating the rights and wrongs of their situation on the internet, thousands of them are abruptly moving house, without the benefit of prior planning, whist OUR REPRESENTATIVES frantically rush to arm one side of the fight.
Again.
Of one thing I am sure, this is not JUST Mr Putin's fault. If we really cared and were opposed to war, we would still protest against it. We are all a little bit culpable.
I don't really feel as much "white guilt" for slavery that was done hundreds of years ago, in a society where that sort of thing was held to be "acceptable", as I do when my country sells weapons to be used to kill foreign people in their own country for money so that we can have a better "standard of living" than the people who buy our weapons do.
