Perché la mia vita è considerata più importante di quella ucraina?
https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-why-is-my-life-considered-more-important-than-a-ukrainian-life/
di KI_official
Perché la mia vita è considerata più importante di quella ucraina?
https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-why-is-my-life-considered-more-important-than-a-ukrainian-life/
di KI_official
8 commenti
Good read and very thought provoking. One thing though it’s not about “not valuing” lives the same. World War 1 & 2 the US refused to get involved until it was dragged in. This is normal; people do not want to go to war. And if the USA invaded Canada tmrw Ukrainians would be advised as any citizens to be mindful and evacuate asap. Anyways. Arm, fund and support Ukraine until all territory is rightly returned and the war is over.
Because as brutal as it sounds, a leaders first duty is to his own citizens. It is perfectly good to help others in need, but his responsibility is to balance that against the need of his own citizenry.
It’s because all life forms on this planet are fundamentally selfish. It’s a basic element of survival. Us humans, along with some other species, will fight to protect others if the fight comes to us. This attribute is still linked to protecting our genes, in the form of our direct and extended family members and fellow villagers. Our tribe, in other words. In our modern world, villages and tribes are more complex than before, but the impetus to protect others still comes from evolution and genes.
For us to choose to fight in a conflict a long way away is a demonstration of the highest order of thinking. We fight due to a mix of altruism and self interest. We have compassion and empathy for those being attacked, but also feel the need to defeat an enemy before they reach our home and affect us.
People are different. Only those who are capable of sustained, high order thinking will remain concerned about an aggressive invasion in a country far away. We are a minority and we need to use good communication skills to keep the majority on side.
“I don’t know sir, but it is.”
In theory, no life is more important than another. We are all equal before the law. All human life is sacred.
In real life, however, we have the talkfest in the United Nations and the law of the jungle elsewhere.
I’ll see myself out.
I absolutely hate this article.
My boyfriend hates that I’m upset (depressed let’s be honest about this) about what’s going on, aka russia being a terrorist state. God fucking knows what Ukrainians are going through. He tells me to not ‘ignore it’ but to not ‘look at it as much’ because I cry a lot about it.
I also say to him frequently that ‘why are our lives so important?’. I’ve seen multiple videos where people’s interests are the same as me but they’ve been shot at / bombed out. But why is my life so important? Whilst my fellow civilians in free countries are getting killed, it’s not. Yet I’m too cowardly to do anything other than donate.
That’s my essay for tonight. My life is as important as Ukrainian lives.
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Ukrainians are the most important human beings on this planet IMO. They are putting their life on the line everyday, so us westerners don’t have to suffer the same fate they have been repelling for three long bloody years.
All lives matter.
Not all lives are news; we live on a planet of 8.2 billion people. Huge genocides in the horn of Africa last year got almost no coverage. Were you friend killed in an air raid, British papers would be a one day, interior page story about him and the dangers of being in a war zone. If a Ukranian were assinated in the United States, that would be front page news for a week and trigger follow up stories about espionage and security.
Similarly, the United States sends some aid, currently totaling only $400 USD per man, woman, and child in our 340 million people. It’s not zero and over half a week’s wages for minimum wage. Many, like myself, have sent additional thousands in aid. Still, its the old joke about a pig being committed while a chicken is involved when making bacon and eggs. The United States is involved. Mostly because you have a leader rapidly lowering corruption, fighting an ancient evil, and upholding good character.
All lives matter. There is much to do.