That was my idealism/​naivete: that the league of liberal democracies is so mature and strong that they could flip a switch and the war would cease. Maybe they would just tell Putin to stop and he would have to. Because for me, democracy was always a guarantee of peace. But the war made me realize my map was way off from the territory, and Popper’s book, in turn, helped to replace my fantasy with something closer to the territory.
That was my idealism/​naivete: that the league of liberal democracies is so mature and strong that they could flip a switch and the war would cease. Maybe they would just tell Putin to stop and he would have to. Because for me, democracy was always a guarantee of peace. But the war made me realize my map was way off from the territory, and Popper’s book, in turn, helped to replace my fantasy with something closer to the territory.
I see, thanks for clarifying