What is the danger of patriotism or why it is so important to be able to think
According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, humans have much more in common with the animal world than we are used to thinking. Despite the fact that people see themselves as rational beings, this statement is not always true. The fact is that many years ago, modern fauna, including humans, was faced with a choice — to develop instincts or to choose intelligence. Instincts, of course, are a more economical option, but at the same time, not plastic, when the environmental conditions change, animals cannot change their behavior, since it is impossible to resist instincts. At the same time, the intellect has great potential to adapt to changing conditions, but this option is costly since in this case cubs must learn everything from their elders and cannot survive without their support. Why am I saying all those things? I wanted to remind people that following the crowd is no longer an indispensable condition for survival, which means that categorizing any action as the right or necessary one, just because most people do it, is wrong. Everyone MAY be wrong.
Why do wars happen …
Throughout the history of mankind, wars have occurred and continue happening every time for the same reason — the redistribution of power and resources. It all starts with the desire of the ruler of one country to get something from another territory or nation; it might be oil, gas, or gold, maybe just additional territory with people who in a form of paying taxes will feed this ruler in a better way. However, if people are told directly that they should risk their health and life so that the ruler gets more money and influence, then people, of course, will not go to war, so the authorities came up with patriotism … For the 6th year in a row, a war with no sense and no external enemy has been on in the Donbass region; a war which is only business on the blood and ruined lives of the inhabitants. PEOPLE, stop and think! Who benefits from continuing the conflict? — Those who make money on it — countries which produce weapons and sell them here; the Ukrainian government, which, under the pretext of aggression from Russia, has received and continues to receive financial assistance, which is being successfully distributed between the political elite and their owners; the military, who built a multi-million business on transporting people and goods through checkpoints. And who is suffering from this war? — Ordinary people who sleep peacefully in their homes, which are then hit by rockets, or those who go to work and die under shelling, the children who just went to the school, which was bombed.
Request to the soldiers!
Do you really want to lose your health, limbs or even life — so that more senior people earn money on your cadavers? Our common home is planet Earth, and it is now in danger. While you are killing your compatriots in Donbass — your girlfriends are getting married to foreigners and move abroad, your children take their first steps and say their first word …. without you! And Antarctica has lost a huge layer of ice over the past 9 days !!! If you want your descendants to have a future, then instead of killing and destroying, start saving nature, which can kill you faster than imaginary enemies.
Petition to women!
Dear women, only you can stop the war! It’s no secret that all that men do, they do for sex. Stop encouraging fratricide by choosing soldiers as partners! Do this not only for the sake of peace in our country but also for your personal interests. Do you really want to look after a cripple that has lost his legs or arms in a fight for your entire life, or to be subjected to domestic violence because of the psychiatrical disorders of your boyfriends or husbands caused by war? As soon as men see that women are no longer interested in soldiers, they will immediately lay down their arms and the long-awaited peace will come! Women, you have huge creative power in your hands — use it correctly!
And finally …
I was writing this article while listening to the sounds of heavy gun explosions, which I have to listen to almost every day. People, think it over once again: killing is not a solution to the problem. It is time to learn to talk to each other! Any problem can be solved with the help of words.