Ignorance is not bliss for me

My Russian is slowly coming along. I’m no where near comfortable speaking it and having conversations but I’m able to read simple sentences. I’m hoping in a year I’ll be able to speak it confidently. The Russian language is no joke but I’m liking the challenge. I should probably be learning Spanish considering where I live and the majority of the population being Spanish speaking people. Also myself being half Latino but I’m drawn to learn languages not popularly spoken in the United States. After Russian I plan to move on to Swahili. I could brush off my Spanish on the side just to be more available in that area. I know about 30%. My dad didn’t want to teach my sister and I Spanish because he felt it wasn’t necessary being born in the U.S. Spanish and Russian are very very different, obviously, so I shouldn’t get confused.

With my interest in learning Russian, it has sparked my curiosity with the country, as well as the events happening between Russia and Ukraine. Actually, what’s been happening between them has sparked my desire to learn Russian. My unpopular opinion is I don’t see Russia as the bad guys. I feel the U.S. has indoctrinated it in us to see them as the villians. I see a country who refuses to put its own people first above foreign countries. Leaving them to fall further in poverty while continually bleeding them dry of their resources. Putting them in danger by allowing know rapists, drug lords, and murderers to roam freely within the country. Who are the villians? Again, this is my unpopular opinion.

I try to keep up with the current events as much as I can. I do consider myself a conspiracy theorist so take that as you may. I have always been interested in connecting the dots between the major events and reading between the lines. I want and need knowledge constantly and I’m very much a humanitarian. I NEED to know what’s going on around me. I can’t ignore or pretend what is happening around the world like a lot of people can. Whether or not I can do anything about it I would rather know than live in ignorant bliss. I wish I could but I blame it on my constant fight or flight mode. I’m always on alert no matter where I am.