Some thought-provoking points by @harari_yuval :
> As Anne Applebaum suggested, the resistance to authority is the very essence of 'Ukraine-ness'. Even in the last 30 years, we saw 🇺🇦 rising twice in revolt when there was a danger of an authoritarian regime being established
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> As Anne Applebaum suggested, the resistance to authority is the very essence of 'Ukraine-ness'. Even in the last 30 years, we saw 🇺🇦 rising twice in revolt when there was a danger of an authoritarian regime being established
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https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1500522597259304960
> Before many things were known: Russia's army was stronger than the Ukrainian; NATO would not send armed forces, etc. But there was one big unknown - how Ukrainians would react. There was the option that Putin’s fantasy would come true. Now we know this was just fantasy.
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> It can be an opportunity to end the culture war within the West. Ukraine is a reminder that liberalism and nationalism (in a sense of defending the country) can go together. They meet around the value of freedom. Nationalism isn't about hating minorities or foreigners.
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> What’s at stake in Ukraine “is the direction of human history”
> To Germans - "we know, you are not nazis". What we need from Germany now is to stand up and be at the forefront, struggling for freedom
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> To Germans - "we know, you are not nazis". What we need from Germany now is to stand up and be at the forefront, struggling for freedom
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