Putin started this war with a story. Sitting behind a desk, he once upon a timed . Instead of a fairy tale, the story he told was an invented history. He said Ukraine was not a nation. The Ukrainians are not a people. And the not-nation and the not-people are resources that belong to his nation, to his people, to him. Some recognized this invented history as a classic Soviet story. And it is. But it is also a much older story. Older even than fairy tales. It's been told by every oppressor about, and to, the oppressed.
Hidden Bread and Hidden Histories
Hidden Bread and Hidden Histories
Hidden Bread and Hidden Histories
Putin started this war with a story. Sitting behind a desk, he once upon a timed . Instead of a fairy tale, the story he told was an invented history. He said Ukraine was not a nation. The Ukrainians are not a people. And the not-nation and the not-people are resources that belong to his nation, to his people, to him. Some recognized this invented history as a classic Soviet story. And it is. But it is also a much older story. Older even than fairy tales. It's been told by every oppressor about, and to, the oppressed.