Russia and Ukraine

[The Grand Nudger]

Sadly, us discussing things here will have zero impact on whatever happens next.

Discussing things anywhere has had zero impact, hence the shooting war.  

Personally, I'd like to see the countries of the world become more socially aware in the style of European countries and Canada, but without the encroachment of US-like capitalism that is driving birth rates down, leading to an increased requirement for immigration to keep the GDP up and which will happen as long as there are conflicts going on elsewhere.
China and Russia refusing to bow down to the western (US) powers hints that those areas of the world are going to influence their neighbors (and then the BRICS and then the rest of the world) to follow their not-really-democratic type of government which can be expected to lead to more poverty in the general population... but Capitalism is taking us there anyway, so... which will be the lesser evil 50 or 100 years from now?

It's a war between russians and ukranians, not capitalism and fascism.  Not between greater and lesser evils, the us or anyone else... but between russian evil and ukranian survival.