I found your essay most informative and interesting, Ain. Humans are very fickle in their reasoning and choices! Just look how many voted for Trump in the last election! Most are looking for what they think will benefit them personally, which makes your account of Russians leaving Odessa and going back to Russia and a bloody dictator. Perhaps they are looking beyond a person and are drawn but culture and roots! Even in the US the cultural roots between North and South run very deep. The taking down of Confederate statues caused a lot of deep resentment among Southerners whose ancestors fought and died for the South in the Civil War.
Thank you for sharing this with us to help broaden our perspective on what is happening in Ukraine. Be safe!
I found your essay most informative and interesting, Ain. Humans are very fickle in their reasoning and choices! Just look how many voted for Trump in the last election! Most are looking for what they think will benefit them personally, which makes your account of Russians leaving Odessa and going back to Russia and a bloody dictator. Perhaps they are looking beyond a person and are drawn but culture and roots! Even in the US the cultural roots between North and South run very deep. The taking down of Confederate statues caused a lot of deep resentment among Southerners whose ancestors fought and died for the South in the Civil War.
Thank you for sharing this with us to help broaden our perspective on what is happening in Ukraine. Be safe!
Dwight