#MemeJessicaStarrAKALukeCrywalker #MemeFickiFionaSupplementary #IRLScholarTimothySnyder "This is because many of our imaginations are trapped by a single and rather unlikely variant of how the war ends: with a nuclear detonation. I think we are drawn to this scenario, in part, because we seem to lack other variants, and it feels like an ending.
Using the mushroom cloud for narrative closure, though, generates anxiety and hinders clear thinking. Focusing on that scenario rather than on the more probable ones prevents us from seeing what is actually happening, and from preparing for the more likely possible futures" (5 October 2022). https://snyder.substack.com/p/how-does-the-russo-ukrainian-war #NarrativeWarWWIII