In this time of fake news, Covid, societal troubles and tribulations, and rampant social media wildness, I remember the words of Ukraine’s greatest poet, Taras Shevchenko, from some 150 years ago:
Учітеся, брати мої!
Думайте, читайте,
Learn, my brothers,
Think, read. . .
Translation mine.
Don’t just mindlessly click. Read and think.
The great thinkers of centuries ago knew that education was key to confronting rampant poverty, and all its accompanying ailments. Not to mention entrenched social stratification.
And that subjugation and exploitation, be it by empires, countries, or soulless businesses, is evil.
Shevchenko was incarcerated for his words by the Russian Empire.
Not much has changed today, eh?
When a dictatorship fears words, they must carry meaning. . .
People in Ukraine, Russia, and beyond, have been subjugated for centuries, let the flowers blossom.
Please, people, take the time to read, think, and learn.