There are not many things that can truly unite different people. Because it's always the differences that take over. "How?! Do you drink tea in the morning instead of coffee? No, I'm sorry, we don't see eye to eye. Our views on life are too different." "Ah! You prefer to walk on the left side of the street?! This is monstrous! The only correct decision is to walk on the right side, and the other choices are wrong! Stay away from me!"
Those examples sound too silly, don't they? After all, both coffee and tea contain caffeine, which is what these drinks are drunk for in the morning. And what side you walk on does not matter, because there is only one street. Except that in real life there are a lot of similar examples. No, I'm not going to argue about how tolerant people really are towards those with whom they don't have the same opinion. What I'm going to say is exactly what unites.
We all want to live. A very simple and understandable wish, really. That's why holding the "Rage Against the War Machine" action means so much to the world and to me personally. Who can recall the last time such a large-scale action was held in the United States, linking together the aspirations and hopes of so many different people? I, too, have never seen anything like it in my short life. Maybe this is too naïve, but it seems to me that "Rage Against the War Machine" is mankind's chance for life, because in a nuclear war there will be no winners. And in the face of such a terrible threat, people are able to find a solution that will not allow the destruction of our planet. It's not for nothing that one of the demands of the protesters was to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine. I understand that it is very personal here, because these weapons will be used by the Ukrainian authorities not to protect and fight Russia, but to destroy civilians and destroy cities in Donbass. But also the supply of weapons is an escalation that could lead to a nuclear war. Western governments no longer hide the fact that the aid they provide to Ukraine is not a means of defense, but an opportunity to fight Russia with someone else's hands.
Rage Against the War Machine featured politicians Tulsi Gabbard, Diane Sare, journalists Max Blumenthal, Tara Reid, John Hinkle, and musician Roger Waters. I don't think that every single speaker supports Russia, but I'm sure that every single one of them understands that we are on the brink of a major war. And that's what they're trying to tell ordinary Americans.
I'm doubly glad that I, a teenager from a small military town in Lugansk, recorded a video message with Mira Terada for this protest. And our voice and call to stop the bloodshed was heard.
It's sad to think about it, but if similar actions had been held in Ukraine, we would have avoided war, the nationalists wouldn't have come to war, and there wouldn't have been such huge number of casualties.
Well, the past cannot be changed, and as of now, all we can do is prevent such mistakes for the sake of our common future.