First they came for the billionaires, and I said nothing for I was not a billionaire Second they came for the millionaires, and I said nothing for I was not a millionaire Everything was pretty cool after that
The new title is an allusion to Messianic Rabbi Richard Pustelniak's suggestion that the original meaning of the expression "blood is thicker than water" was that the ties between people who have made a blood covenant were stronger than ties formed by "the water of the womb", thus "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb".
You know, being Ukrainian is really fucking fun nowadays.
First you hear from people that the invasion of your country was justified — after all, invading an unrelated state because of NATO expansion makes perfect sense.
Then a person from a country with literal fascist parties having significant support of a general population starts telling you that your country has a massive nazi problem, which is why you don't deserve support. That massive nazi problem is, of course, represented in the Ukrainian government, where far-right parties score roughly 0 seats.
Let's unwind and see how the world of culture is doing. Photography? A picture of a Ukrainian child in a bomb shelter is considered a great pair to a picture of an injured ruski who came here to kill her family, loot her house and abduct her to russia. Movies? Literal russian propaganda being shown on festivals because “we need to hear both sides”. All of this while russians are destroying your culture both metaphorically via appropriation and literally with bullets and bomb shells.
Self-absorbed asshole on the other side of the world signs a death sentence for both Ukrainian soldiers and civilians because apparently your president didn’t thank him enough. After all, withholding military shipments and intelligence is a perfectly valid move when someone has mildly annoyed you.
Well, the night comes. If you live in a major city, you might as well not bother with going to sleep — either air raid sirens or explosions will soon wake you up, as they have almost every single night for the past year. You’ve got a lot to think about — russians have launched a ballistic missile into a residential area once again. There were no military targets nearby. However, there was a playground. Six kids that had dreams, loving families and plans for tomorrow are now laying on the ground dead. Many more, including a three-months-old infant, are currently in hospitals, where doctors are fighting for their lives.