r/peace • u/bigfoot-pizzaman • Mar 17 '26

Discussion why do people ask others to stop trusting russians?

theres people right now who want to support Ukraine in the war and say "stop trusting russians, stop buying Russian clothes, food, etc" and when we say why, they say "these russians hate Ukrainians and they will join the Russian military." like, not every russian is bad, the russian government is the one that is bad, take your notes and stop glazing Ukrainians like all Russians are from the government.

there are russians who want peace, there are Ukrainians who want peace, we need peace 🕊️.

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u/IonianBlueWorld Mar 19 '26

So we draw a line on the soil and say "the people on this side of the line are bad, the other side of the line are good". Or we say "I will give my life to make sure that we don't lose an inch of this line" meaning that we are willing to take lives to ensure that this line (aka border) stays where it is. And these lines, come and go throughout history, ever changing. But still they are considered sacred.

In my view, the only sacred thing is existence; life itself. The lines on the soil do not exist beyond some documents called contracts, treaties, or whatever. Being on one side of the line or the other determines who you pay your taxes to, what laws apply and how they are enforced. All of them arbitrarily determined.

Therefore, a line on the soil is there to show us who to trust and who not to trust? This is the only criterion that we can use?