The war broadcasted live and intensive information special operations adapt the psyche of Ukrainians to a new world picture, which turns out to be a well-known plot from our history.
The radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel "The War of the Worlds" in 1938 caused panic among more than a million Americans. Families, hearing about the radio broadcast of an alien invasion, barricaded themselves with weapons in basements, fled to the west, and demanded that the government put an end to the green men. A hundred years later, even the UFO crash in Kiev did not distract the locals from their coffee. Is this not aliens? Too bad. Well, then let's at least make some memes.
Online war is boring, but it cannot be avoided – messengers, social networks, media, everything has turned into a screen of violence. However, the deadly threat is not virtual but real. "High-precision" Russian missiles can fly over your city at night, and you or your friends may end up on the list of casualties. Living "one day at a time" has become the norm, because each next day is a new set of crimes, victims, and provocations. Finally, raising the stakes of fear stops working, and the psyche switches to "being Ukrainian" mode.
Blackouts, nuclear power plant takeovers, empty shelves or ATMs, lack of gasoline, life in bomb shelters? Hey, what else interesting has Russia prepared for us this season? Does evil really think it can overcome those who have a line in one of their anthems that says, "Because tears have never given freedom to anyone, and the one who fights – gains the world"? We find joy in every even the gloomiest day. We learn to live, not just survive, choose to win, not to suffer.
We will survive you. We will chew you up and spit you out into the trash heap of history.