Interessant artikel over hoe Oost-Europeanen kijken naar de oorlog, hoe er (terug) een duidelijk verschil is tussen West- en Oost-Europa. De term "Westsplaining" valt.
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Most people in the West do not understand the fear of losing their lives, their freedom, their country, their identity and their dignity — lucky them. They have not been threatened by an outside force in a very long time. Such fears have become theoretical and meaningless, so empathy can go only so deep until it hits the foundation of self-interest.
But for us, those fears are real. The horror and indignities committed by Russians in Ukraine reverberate through Eastern Europe, to Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, where people are recounting how the same atrocities happened on their land decades ago. For those who do understand, there can be no space for economic calculations or mental gymnastics. Standing up to a bully does not make you irrational, even if you fear you may lose.
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Volledig artikel:
https://newlinesmag.com/first-person...y-soviet-past/