Personal Story:
My colleague walks up to my team and starts talking with us, we land on the subject of his children, they are between the age of 6 and 12.
A common thing to do in class here in The Netherlands is look at the kids News. This is made by a state funded news organisation (NOS)
He says to my manager, "man its so sad I couldn't get my kids too sleep last night, they where so afraid. They hear Russia is threatening to deploy tanks on the border of Europe and invade us, i could not get them too sleep for hours"
He explained that other parents complained in the Group app they have for the school. He was not the only one that had children that are afraid.
Children being afraid is not something new, we all know this but the implication and the constant fear mongering is real here in Europe. We are called to make emergency rations, make packages and get a radio etc etc. It feels like we are in a shitty rerun of Doomsday Preppers.
Mass hysteria in schools and we all listen to what the news is telling us, you know the headlines "Russia is killing thousands of innocent people" "Ukraine is fighting on behalf of Europe trying to protect us" "Putin threatens the west with Nuclear war"
"This is Mishya 12, he had to leave his country behind"
What worries me in this?
Clearly the fact that there is an entire generation growing up with the idealogical point of view that Israel is complex so you cant be for it or against it, Russia is the big bad wolf that wants to eat you while you sleep, America is this bastion of protection for they have done so much for us, Europe is freedom because.... well you can travel between nations (Funny to see how freedom changes its meaning)
No wonder his kids are crying if every day you see that scary guy Vladimir talking in that language you dont understand, with a concerned looking "journalist" talking about him calling for a European genocide, RUSSIA WILL KILL YOU ALL BEWARE....
We are fucked. Not just now but later too.
My colleague walks up to my team and starts talking with us, we land on the subject of his children, they are between the age of 6 and 12.
A common thing to do in class here in The Netherlands is look at the kids News. This is made by a state funded news organisation (NOS)
He says to my manager, "man its so sad I couldn't get my kids too sleep last night, they where so afraid. They hear Russia is threatening to deploy tanks on the border of Europe and invade us, i could not get them too sleep for hours"
He explained that other parents complained in the Group app they have for the school. He was not the only one that had children that are afraid.
Children being afraid is not something new, we all know this but the implication and the constant fear mongering is real here in Europe. We are called to make emergency rations, make packages and get a radio etc etc. It feels like we are in a shitty rerun of Doomsday Preppers.
Mass hysteria in schools and we all listen to what the news is telling us, you know the headlines "Russia is killing thousands of innocent people" "Ukraine is fighting on behalf of Europe trying to protect us" "Putin threatens the west with Nuclear war"
"This is Mishya 12, he had to leave his country behind"
What worries me in this?
Clearly the fact that there is an entire generation growing up with the idealogical point of view that Israel is complex so you cant be for it or against it, Russia is the big bad wolf that wants to eat you while you sleep, America is this bastion of protection for they have done so much for us, Europe is freedom because.... well you can travel between nations (Funny to see how freedom changes its meaning)
No wonder his kids are crying if every day you see that scary guy Vladimir talking in that language you dont understand, with a concerned looking "journalist" talking about him calling for a European genocide, RUSSIA WILL KILL YOU ALL BEWARE....
We are fucked. Not just now but later too.