Day 980
Comfort Will Not Save Us
The other day practicing Russian philosopher Volodymyr Pastukhov wondered about “a powerful psychological block” in the minds of Ukainians regarding two options for ending the war other than restoring the country to its 1991 borders.
The consciousness of Ukrainians is trapped inside a rather strange dichotomy, the origin of which is not entirely clear to me: either return all occupied territories (victory), or seek peace in exchange for territories (defeat).
If the interlocutor does not take the position of “war until the complete and final liberation of territories,” he/she is immediately branded as a supporter of “peace in exchange for territories,” and therefore a defeatist, because there can be no peace in exchange for territories, since Putin will never stop there and can’t be trusted.
The only option under discussion is "war until complete liberation of territories." If you continue to persist and doubt the achievability of this goal, then you are once again bra…
