I'm agnostic but I have seen enough in 55 years of life to have a different opinion. I know people who are sensitives and the dead speak to them... and tell them shit that literally no one else knows... there is a place beyond this life. It's not "heaven" necessarily but its not nothing either.
My only consolation is that they do not always win. Death does though.
Here's a folktale. Going off memory so I hope you enjoy it.
There is a Mexican story that talks about a starving man who gets a turkey and takes it away to eat all by himself.
As he's about to eat he gets a visit from a fine looking gentleman who asks for him to share. The man says he is a poor man and never been full. I will not share my turkey with you. The fine gentleman says that he should share his turkey with him because he is the devil. The poor man reflects on this and says... the Devil does horrible things and gives undeserving people great gifts. And for this i will not share my turkey. Please be on your way.
As he's about to eat again he gets a visit from a second older man who asks for him to share. The man says he is a poor man and never been full. I will not share my turkey with you. The old gentleman says that he should share his turkey with him because he is God. The poor man reflects on this and says... God makes horrible things happen in this world. Allows wars and creates disease. You reate rich people, while poor suffer. You let inequity happen and sit back and do nothing. And for this i will not share my turkey with you. Please be on your way.
Once again, as he's about to eat, he gets a visit from a third humble looking man who asks for him to share his turkey. The poor man tells the person... I am a poor man and have never been full. The Devil and God himself came by and asked if I would share my turkey and I said I would not. Who are you to think that I would share my turkey with you when I said no to God and The Devil. That is a good question, the humble man said. For I am not the devil or God. But I am death. The poor man hearing who this man is stops and reflects and says. Ah, you are death. You treat everyone equally. Whether you are rich or poor you take them. I will share my turkey with you.
They made a movie in 1960 called Macario based on the fable/folk tale. In that one the plot was he made a deal with death to possibly save himself and he gets a vial of health that can save others as long as death approves. So you’re spot on that that might have influenced him. At least in the movie.
They don’t have to face the horrors, and they have other people’s sons and daughters pulling the trigger for them. Even if bombs starts flying over their own land, they’d be sitting in a bunker tasting the finest caviar while their people barely have shelter and starve. After everything they don’t even face the soldiers and civilians who bled and got traumatized, of course it’s easy for them.
His trying to end it in a russian favor and his administrations translates russian narratives. His motives are nowhere near pure.
At very least, he'd prefer to end the war by making other Angelinas change their passport to russian one and worship warmonger child killer putin in school
They are just used to it. Horrifying to us, the civilians living the horror, just keep on doing their own thing. There is a video where everyone is enjoying the beach a day or two after an attack. Then in this video you see the air defense taking out a drone right off the beach. Someone on the beach filmed this incident. A couple people cheer, one guy raises a beer, but then they just keep going on about their day enjoying life. Very tough people. They treat explosive drones like we treat random hidden guns. Crazy stuff to me.
I met my wife during the war... we never seen a day of peace, when you can just relax and do whatever you want, where and how you want it. For this exact reason we can't have kids. We really want to, but man, it is so stressful and dangerous that we can't put a child in this world, not like this. This is the only thing that keeps us going, really.
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u/Tentativ0 2d ago
She never knew peace.
Born in war, died in war.