2/ reject the false dichotomy of "with us or against us". don't accept GW Bush ultimatum - chart your moral path, alongside those that are natural friends and allies to you.
don't make yourself a vasal to one of two global empires.
3/ "sided with GAE" - whatever happens in Ukraine, it will not weaken the dreaded GAE. Putin is not a great savior here; his impact on domestic politics and *culture* in the west is limited. taking sides in foreign war doesn't fix our own domestic culture-politics.
4/ whom do i support? people fighting for their freedom.
whom do i oppose? imperialism trying to conquer country by cultural manipulation, and also imperialism trying to annex country by military invasion.
5/ Putin isn't some sort of "savior" - neither of his ow nation, nor of broader european cultures or traditions. suffices to say he's sending in staunch *opponents* of christian values, and does it under same guise as GAE uses: "denazification" and "protecting minorities".
6/ last but not least:
>you aren't immune to propaganda.
don't get suckered into burning the bridges you've created over years by a hot take online. twitter isn't real life, it's just journalist's prowling ground, is all.
2/ "cashless society" is a trap: you are at mercy of both domestic and foreign governments.
cash is king for where you can use it. for long distance or electronic use, a decentralized cryptocurrency is better than "cashless" - centralized banking.
2/ peace requires honest understanding the circumstances leading to the invasion; otherwise any attempted solution would only obscure the conflict & the tensions. i'm going with "Russia is ultimately in the wrong here", btw.
3/ yes, the "madman Putin" is bare-faced propaganda from the west. both to create a cartoonish villain - and also to distract from pressing domestic issues.
1/ the invaders show a degree of restraint towards the civilians and civilian infrastructure. while that doesn't absolve them of, you know, *running a military invasion*,
it goes some way towards explaining the motivation & possible endgames for the invasion.
3/ we here don't get to hear much of it, but there's all-encroaching panslavism that's been astroturfed in Russia since times immemorial, as figleaf for imperialism. you notice it when you get to know people from cultures aligned with Moscow - like Belarus.