From Ukraine last year, to Nagorno-Karabakh last month and now Israel, it really does feel like there's a trend of people becoming more comfortable with using large-scale unilateral violence to solve problems. That trend itself greatly worries me; each instance normalizes and legitimizes the next.

Ideology is now taking center stage once more, rather than practical considerations & cooperation. The invasion into Ukraine definitely started the polarization cascade that is now causing heightened tensions.

There's now proof that national self-defense can't be left emaciated, as it invites adversarial attacks.

I worry that it's something worse than ideology: it's resentment.

When things, people or nations grow too big, it often comes at expense of others. The West, led by US policies, played main role in this from Proxy wars against communism, war on drugs up to war on terrorism...In my opinion, acceptance & embracing immigrants and avoiding military interventions can help.

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