| i'm not doing much/anything. but the feeling of helplessness comes from not being organized -- with other people, trying to do _something_, anything, that supports a quick end to the fighting. the best (and only?) option i've seen thus far is make Ukraine a militarily-neutral country -- i.e. _not_ a member of NATO. that means Ukraine has to buy in (Zelenskyy seems determined to destroy his country), the US (obv), NATO (to the extent they matter), Europe (can we even talk about Europe as an entity anymore?) -- all have to buy in. i'm american so i should be pushing Biden to accept Ukrainian neutrality (and, by extension, some some small limits to global American dominance and rule). UK people should ping Boris and the Tories - they don't want to give up that Russian money anyways. Germans should pressure their new person to help stop the next/final world war. right now it's a game of chicken, and most people are losing, but not our rulers. whether this escalates to nuclear world war and an end of organized human life on earth is still up in the air. i think each person can and should send care packages, contribute to the red cross (as other commenters have said), etc., but you can really make an impact - imo - by pushing for an expedient political solution, and organizing with others to do so -- probably by pushing for a neutral Ukraine. |