I’m sorry for Ukraine. It is unfortunate that she is the latest in a long line of countries and marginalized groups to fall victim to US foreign policy. We ran a coup and war was the consequence. Better to accept your fate and negotiate peace as fast as you can.

It’s a choice, right. I love the idea of defending my country, but dying for it.. nope. War never did something good for the individual.

Second of all, the war in Ukraine did not start or will end cause of action in battlefield. Some men in suits did decide and will decide it.

The only thing about any war is - people are dying and that have to stop now.

Building man can rebuilt, lost life can’t. Important to stop the war

I saw this shit popped up again. Propaganda of any kind has no place on nostr, they can have it on X. Truth comes out here. Very disappointed in Joe and Derek.

It’s not an invasion. It’s a completely orchestrated event to entangle the world in a global war. Russia has controlled disguise since day one you understand that means if they really were invading Ukraine, it would’ve been over in less than 24 hours. You need to overthrow your government. As do every country on this planet, they’re all organized crime syndicates not governments. We keep falling for this bullshit narrative. We’re all dead 

Avoid war zones, get somewhere safe and get on your own Bitcoin standard, stack sats.

Maybe if you were an organizations that didn’t fuck with other nations internal affairs to entice violence and cause color revolutions you wouldn’t get shelled

Se muy bien lo que es levantarse una mañana y ver que tu mundo (donde vives todos los dias) cambia de la noche a la mañana y asumir que ya no es como era.Por suerte mi (nuestro) caso esta siendo "breve" en el tiempo en comparación.

Siento un enorme dolor al ver esta fotografía (y tantas más).

Mi mas sentidodolor y ánimo a las personas afectadas, ojala pronto puedan rehacer su vida habitual, en esta ciudad, pais, mundo ...

When does Ukraine get to vote for a new President? How long will democracy be suspended?

Bitcoin fixes this. 🤙

That's sad... stay strong 🫂

That’s very sad.

Happy New Year!

Rise up and shine 💜🧡

I think it's a four-part problem: Woven together, but in roughly ascending order: 1: fear of reprisals. 2: the structure of the EU makes sure that what the people vote for doesn't matter that much for what laws are proposed and implemented. 3: fatigue. 4: people don't know the problems, don't know they can make a difference, and/or don't care.

Fear of reprisals is probably not a big factor when it comes to voting for the European Parliament, as it's - AFAIK - done anonymously. I guess there are countries that use voting machines or similar, that can't be trusted to preserve anonymity, but the majority doesn't know that. It is probably a bigger factor when it comes to communicating with the people in power, although probably not huge there either (see last point).

The only part of the EU that can be directly replaced through voting is the parliament. The commission is another step removed (I don't quite remember how it works, from Wikipedia it seems like the parliament elects them). The Council seems to rotate between the governments of member countries on a 6 month interval, once again according to Wikipedia.

Often, working to counteract the bad stuff the EU is doing seems like trying to make gravel of a mountain using a pick axe. At the same time the EU is adding another hundred thousand tons of mountain per year. Very few people are capable of giving their best in time and resources to such a project. Now, if there were millions doing it, it might be another story, but:

At least here in Sweden where I live, there is almost complete silence on most of the bad things that the EU proposes in the media. I think I heard ChatControl 2 mentioned once on the radio, since its inception (by Swedish EU commissioner Ylva Johansson, add to that) and only a quick overview of what it is and of course that it is "to protect the children". No mention of privacy, security, anything. I don't think people in general know a quarter of everything the EU is planning. And people in general also doesn't seem to be able to think even one step ahead, to what can be the consequences in the future. It also seems like most people either doesn't care, or, even those who complain, don't know that they can make a difference (probably partly due to previous point).