Yes, the terrain of a country makes a difference as does the ideology held by its inhabitants. Looks like the Russians haven’t learned their lesson. The Afghans famously repelled the Russians and Americans. Read "Pornosophy: Sexcession" by Francis Levy, HuffPostĪnd listen to " Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" by Stevie Wonder As it stands, nobody lifts a finger so why lend a hand? Symbolic gestures are just that, design. On the other hand where is Superman when you need him? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Man of Steel, suddenly appeared, blocking every advance by Russian troops into the Ukraine and stopping Chinese fighter pilots as they run threatening sorties over Taiwan. Faust has made his deal with the devil all over again. Antediluvian grudges and tribal rivalries, like the ones that stoked the Bosnian War, are what autocrats like Putin exploit in their narcissistic striving for another kind of globalism, i.e. The current war is unprecedented and if nothing else points to the end of Marshall McLuhan’s "global village" or Gutenberg Galaxy. So much for the illusion that technology creates a brother or sisterhood? And so much for the illusion that brother won’t fire upon brother since many Ukrainians have Russian blood and vice versa. Maybe back in the days of Brezhnev, when troops interruped Prague Spring, but who would have predicted Russia’s stark incursion into a neighbor, particularly one sharing many similarities in language and customs. Identity would replace sectarian and nationalist divisions. Sure Dresden and Hiroshima were destroyed in World War II, but modernity was supposed to have homogenized and purified the nature of the species itself. Supply chains are irreparably damaged and the leisure activities of an advanced industrial society from therapy, to yoga and workouts in gyms-not to speak of afternoon trysts are suddenly brought to a halt. Kiev and Kharkiv both have subways that are now filled with inhabitants, deprived of food, water and yes bathrooms. It’s hard to imagine that a totally cosmopolitan society turned upside down overnight.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |