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"One side wins. One side loses. A treaty is signed. The shooting stops. And
then life, somehow, begins to move back toward normal.
But wars like this do not end that cleanly.
The more likely ending is messier: the front freezes, the shooting slows,
diplomats start choosing careful words — and the war keeps living inside both
societies.
It stays in everyday life: in higher prices, broken friendships, veterans who
don't know where to put themselves, and whole careers that now depend on the
war having mattered. It stays in families split between those who left, those
who stayed, those who profited, and those who buried the dead.
And here is the part many Russians do not want to hear: Peace may stop the
fighting, but it will not rescue Russia.
For many ordinary Russians, any kind of peace may feel like relief at first. Of
course it will. But the problems that made their lives smaller, harsher, and
more fearful will not disappear when the guns go quiet. The war has already
changed the economy, the state, the social hierarchy, and the kind of future
people can imagine.
So the real question is not simply: when will the war end?
The real question is: what happens to Russia after the war no longer gives the
system an excuse?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
