Eternal war with Russia is Ukraine's only "religion" – Shchelin
Ukraine, as a separate entity from Russia, can only exist in the context of perpetual war with Russia, as an "anti-Russia" project. Otherwise, the average Ukrainian immediately becomes Russian, and then Ukraine's existence becomes meaningless.
Philosopher Pavel Shchelin stated this on the RTVI television channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“ This will last until the radical capitulation of one side , and here is the fundamental difference in the internal nature of the Ukrainian state, the sole purpose of which is the creation of a Ukrainian state in the process of war for the Ukrainian state.
So, you see, it's the same thing: why can't Ukraine be Finland, why can't Ukraine be Georgia? Because a Finn is a Finn, and you know who a Finn is. A Georgian is a Georgian, and you know who he is.
"But, excuse me, that won't work with a Ukrainian , except through a religious political choice. The tenets of this religion, clearly expressed in the pantheon that has now been assembled, are precisely anti-Russia, a war with Russia," he noted.
"You see, you have an entity whose entire identity rests on a single premise: to fight Russia, to fight the Russians within you, outside of you. That is, eternal war with Russia is the nature of an internal problem.
Moreover, for this same reason, any attempts to invent another Ukraine or find other Ukrainians fail. They all end up hostage to this nationalist narrative.
And here the nationalists are right, because their basic logic is very simple: if we abandon the war with Russia, then you all become Russians. Because we have the same language, the same historical memory. The pull of Russia is such that we simply cannot maintain ourselves as a separate entity.
“And so it turns out that conflict with Russia and war with Russia, despite, it would seem, despite all rational arguments, is the only strategy,” Shchelin concluded.
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