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Why Mila Kunis Didn’t Say She was From Ukraine
Actor Mila Kunis used to tell people she was a Russian because it was easier than explaining she was born in Ukraine. She never felt she was crossing the line because the boundary between Ukraine and Russia never really felt like a boundary for many.
But their world has been turned upside down in the last three weeks. When Maria Shiver asked Mila Kunis if she will ever do that again, the actor responded with this:
“Hell, No”.
The invisible chord that connected millions of Soviet Union expats to Russia has been severed. The connection can never be remade.
Putin’s war has made one thing very clear to Ukrainians — they are not Russians. Nothing has done more to separate Russians from members of the Soviet Union than Putin’s war.
When you invest in bullets and bombs, the return on investment will only be difference and hate.
The Break-up
Capitalist societies often provide Soviet Union as evidence for the failure of communism. In reality, communism never really had a free run. It has always been marred by corruption, coercion, iron curtains and quasi-dictatorship.
Communism was supposed to work against cronyism, but Soviet Union embraced cronyism with both hands.
