INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 976 Amsterdam, April 25th, 2022 PUTIN'S RATIONALIZATION OF THE UKRAINIAN INVASION - Another reply to Joseph Dillard - FRANK VISSER Russian politicians have a famous habit of rewriting history (revisionism), as long as it makes them look victorious or does not let them feel guilty. There is no firm historical tradition of critically looking at the atrocities of Russian history (during the periods of Stalin and the Soviet Union)—no Historikerstreit as has been the case in Germany for decades—and a wide spread tendency to blame all problems on external factors (the United States, NATO, Ukraine, Neo-Nazis, sanctions, and so on). Nor does Putin particularly seem to care how it felt to be deported by Stalin, to be dominated by the Soviet Union, or to be invaded by Russia. He behaves as if it is his divine right to act.[6] "Defending all Russians", wherever they live, apparently justifies all means to him, including ruining a developing democracy, whose cultural and geographical reality he flatly denies. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/visser221.html A PERSONAL NOTE ON THE EVOLUTION OF MY PERSPECTIVE ON UKRAINE - JOSEPH DILLARD At this rather late stage of my own development, I have fallen out of love with self-development, enlightenment, and spirituality. They all leave a bad taste in my viscera, deep down. Self-development, because it's time for me to grow up and get over myself; enlightenment, because balance is more important; spirituality, because it means nothing without respect, reciprocity, trustworthiness and empathy. Integral provides an excellent conceptual framework and it is worth defending and spreading. That is why it is paramount that it emphasizes justice for out-groups as adamantly as it emphasizes spirituality, consciousness, and enlightenment. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/dillard67.html