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Cake day: July 15th, 2024

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  • Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, 14-year-old Valery “kept going on about this Ukraine,” his grandmother recollects.

    “He expressed his opposition to the war,” she sighs. “He asked, ‘Why did we attack our brothers?’ and things like that. And what could I say? I replied, ‘It’s not for you and me to say!’ How would we know? Who are we? And we ceased discussing this subject.

    The Russian approach to politics in a nutshell.






  • There are just some people out there who despite having every moral reason to do so, can’t get themselves to kill another person.

    The vast majority, according to research, even when it’s literally “kill or be killed”. Most people really do not want to kill other people.
    You can get them to kill through rigorous drills that automate a soldier’s reaction, so opening fire in the right situation becomes almost like a reflex. But that takes time, and Ukraine didn’t have enough of that for enough soldiers.
    This has been a “problem” for commanders in all wars throughout history. Personally, it’s a fact that restores my faith in humanity.