> In my own opinion, a good step in the right direction would be if we could travel to European countries as easily as we used to be able to. Then more people could see with their own eyes that they're being lied to.
This and even more has been already tried, albeit somewhat inadvertently. Look at the neighboring Belarus. After Chernobyl, a fair share of kids and teens went on to spend their vacations in EU countries: Italy, UK, Austria, Belgium were the most welcoming, AFAIR.
At least 1/3 of Belarusian kids have been
through one of the many Chernobyl kids programmes, many of them multiple times.
I was among those kids, as well as Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya who continued accompanying kids as a student, then as a teacher until her 30ies.
This definitely changed many individual lives for the better, but has it changed the country for better? I bet no.
This and even more has been already tried, albeit somewhat inadvertently. Look at the neighboring Belarus. After Chernobyl, a fair share of kids and teens went on to spend their vacations in EU countries: Italy, UK, Austria, Belgium were the most welcoming, AFAIR.
At least 1/3 of Belarusian kids have been through one of the many Chernobyl kids programmes, many of them multiple times.
I was among those kids, as well as Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya who continued accompanying kids as a student, then as a teacher until her 30ies.
This definitely changed many individual lives for the better, but has it changed the country for better? I bet no.