Invasion, Ukraine
For Americans there seems to be no introspection. We can see the hypocrisies of world leaders appealing to nationalism, nostalgia, the lie of a golden age, but when our own politicans fall to the same trap, we perceive it as normal. "Of course our country is supreme." "If our leaders say so, then it must be true." "You don't seem to understand the realities of politics, they have to plan things two, three steps ahead." "Their hands are clearly tied." "A politician's job isn't to defeat their foes, but to work with them for a better system." And on, and on, and on. I've heard these lines before, not from children, but from adults who consider themselves pragmatic. Politics aren't different sides pushing against each other like waves beating down on a cliff, no. It's a team effort, the people who see you as an animal not worth stealing their oxygen, are somehow on your side. Despite them engorging themselves in