We Think Everyone Supports Ukraine. But Do They?

An echo chamber feels like a crowd, until we realize it’s only ourselves

SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD IS WITH US.

You open your feed, and it’s flag after flag. Messages of support. Protest signs. Blue and yellow hearts.

Voices shouting from across oceans that Ukraine will never be alone.

And maybe that’s true.

But maybe it’s also an illusion.

Not a fake one. Not a malicious one.

Just… the kind that algorithms build.

Because most of what we see online isn’t the world. It’s a bubble. A mirror. A carefully filtered river of people who already agree with us.

And that’s comforting. Dangerously comforting.

And when that echo gets loud enough, it becomes dangerous.

Because we start to believe it’s the whole truth.

We start to believe that our fight is everyone’s fight.

That Ukraine has already won the moral argument. That our cause has already won the hearts of the world. That the fight for justice is already familiar, already accepted.

That everyone sees what we see.

That truth is louder than lies, simply because we keep hearing it echoed back to us.

What you see is not what everyone sees.

And our “everyone” is not really… everyone.

Platforms are designed to show you what you already believe. They reward repetition, not revelation. And most of the content comes from a very small group of very loud voices.

That means we might be overestimating how visible this war really is.

We might be mistaking support within our circle for support from society at large.

We might be imagining we’re winning the moral battle, when in fact, we’re just speaking to the choir.

You’re in a bubble. I’m in a bubble.

We all are.

It is important to say this because democracy doesn’t run on bubbles.
In democracies, numbers matter.

And it’s not enough to have the best people with us.

We need the most people with us.

If you're reading this, you’re probably one of the good ones. The people who already understand. Who already care. But that’s not the test.

The real test is: what do we do with that?

We need to carry these values into the center of our societies, not just into the timelines of those who already care.

I’ve never believed that evil is the majority of humanity. Never. If anything, I’ve always believed the opposite.

That most people are good. Kind. Capable of compassion and courage, when they understand what’s at stake.

But that goodness can’t stay quiet. It can’t afford to be passive.

Because history shows us, again and again, that silence doesn’t stay neutral. It slowly gets absorbed by the loudest story.

And sometimes, the loudest story is a lie.

So yes, it can be true that the whole world is with us. But we need to consider the possibility that it’s just the part of the world that found its way into our echo.

But either way, we still have work to do.

This journal also exists to fight back against that silence. To break the echo. To reach people who aren’t already convinced.

We have to make sure these stories doesn’t just echo. It needs to travel. To break through. To be told in places where people aren’t yet listening.

Not to convince them, but to remind them of what they already know deep down. That freedom matters. That justice matters. That lives matter.

That this is not just a country under attack. It’s a mirror of everything we’re still fighting to preserve.

If you have the patience to stay here with me, it’s an indication that you feel that same choice rising inside you. But don’t forget that we are possibly talking in an echo chamber, so we can’t stop here.

This isn’t just about Ukraine anymore. It’s about the kind of world you want to live in.

Let’s make this more than an echo. Let’s make it a signal.

One that reaches beyond us. Before it’s too late.

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