Thread by @GicAriana

The bottom line is that many people see the world full of “us and them” “like and other” “worthy or less than”.

Ukraine is regarded as a “have not” and “less than” country by many. Ukrainians are “not worthy” of dignity.

Genocidal mafia state Russia? KEEP ‘EM HAPPY!

#Uglytruth

“If Ukraine is so irrelevant then why are we talking about it?” Because EVEN IF you are immoral and don’t care about Ukraine’s existence, MOSCOW cares about it a great deal. It makes or breaks the Russian imperial project. So the Q is: Do you want Russia on steroids to exist?

https://twitter.com/gicariana/status/1462843184069939203

I know people like to reduce it to “moral” vs “sphere of interest” argument. This is masturbatory jargon. It’s simple: Either you believe in the international security order and the right to self determination, or you believe in might makes right and imperialism.

https://twitter.com/gicariana/status/1462843184069939203

And while many experts are having their circle jerk “discussions” about “spheres of influence” vs “morality”, the reality is that western democracies have enabled might makes right Russia based largely on the perception that Ukrainians are “less than” and so not worthy.

https://twitter.com/gicariana/status/1462843184069939203

Allowing this is in fact based on FAKE morality of not wanting to provoke the beast of Moscow because that will lead to chaos and war (as though we don’t have this now). The “real politik” guys make a poor moral argument while deriding any arguments with a morality component.

https://twitter.com/gicariana/status/1462855341356597251

Because the thing is, while it is certainly the MORAL thing to do, protecting Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence is in fact a practical matter - a means of protecting the int’l security order and preventing the existence of the Kremlin on steroids.

https://twitter.com/gicariana/status/1462856321871581193

The real politikers are essentially just xenophobes who feel “inferior” people are worth sacrificing for “peace”. But they don’t achieve peace. They foster imperialist genocidal murderers who ensure there can never be any semblance of international stability.

https://twitter.com/GicAriana/status/1462856893496537099