A couple of days ago I was twice stopped in a store in New York and inquired where are I was from? I said I was Hungarian, and why did you ask? The answer was that they thought I was Russian or Ukrainian. Wow, I said. If I said I was from that area, would you beat me up? The response was I would have spit on you!
It is mind boggling what kind of world we live in! Before, not long ago 17 republics for 69 years formed a union. It is very difficult to know now that from that union who is from where, because they all speak Russian. The ones who emigrated from those 17 republics live mostly in one neighborhood. What will happen now?
Because the two people who won the representation of the people oftwo nations cannot come to an agreement, who will bear the burden of this entire fiasco? The middle class and the working class! They are taking off the shelves the Russian merchandises, they are closing the Broadway theater that shows Anastasia, the Metropolitan Opera fired its Russian soloist. These will increase unemployment. They are stopping oil delivery which will lead to more unemployment and very high gasoline prices. It is very sad and regrettable that families are being separated and they are losing their homes they worked for all their lives. It is terrible to see that children are crying for their fathers who stay behind to fight the invaders.
But why are they fighting? Because the representatives of the people are not able to come to agreements! More sanctions are coming. Where is free thinking and free will? This is a very heavy weight for the world, because when this is all over then everybody must pitch in the rebuilding, and that will only be possible through foreign aid.
In our part of the world where all large cities are full of Russian neighborhoods where restaurants, supermarkets, churches, medical centers, bagel shops, vegetable and fruit markets, candy stores, clothing stores are all Russian owned and international, what will happen to them? Will they close and lay off all their workers? Or going into any of these stores I am at danger of being beaten up by a zealous person lurking outside just because I went in? I also live in such a neighborhood, and during the Covid-19 period while many of the other stores were empty these businesses had ample supply and helped the people from this area. Nobody ever asked what nationalities we were. These businesses are not connected to the Russian governments. They are owned by immigrants like most of us are.
One blow after another. Two years ago, was the beginning of the worldwide epidemic circus. Then they established certain sanctions. Masks, store closing rules, curfews. They made rules when stores were allowed to be open and when certain people were allowed to go shopping. In addition, certain household items were only available in limited quantities. Then who were the ones these rules hurt the most? The working class!
Workplaces stopped. The vaccine became mandatory even though it created a lot of problems. Many people did not believe in it, and the fact that it did create problems and side effects only made people more hesitant. Store shelves got empty and there was no resupply. Many small businesses were forced to close because of the sanctions. More people with no jobs.
This Monday an express train came and went around the world stopping at all cities. The virus got on it and went go away! There is no need for mask, no further need for the vaccine and vaccine card either. Simply thinking this is impossible! The virus and the bacteria don’t just come and go. Right now, everybody is watching the tv news about the arguments between the two countries.
We are all concerned what more can happen. Will everything stop again and we will be forced to deal with the lack of merchandise? It will not be possible to travel. Only the depression, the arguments between nationalities, air pollution, the dread of what else will come. This will have a negative effect on animals, plants and the earth, too.
A new change a new lesson, new homework for everybody!
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