Diminishing Ukraine: A Country’s Internal Entropy during Times of Existential War

Abstract

The world is saturated with chaos. However, chaos takes various forms. Some of these forms foster life in all its aspects, while others cultivate entropy and lead to death. Some open space for individual and collective creativity, expanding the boundaries of existence; others pit social forces against one another, creating social hell. Some sustain the pursuit of common wealth and create conditions where different individuals and groups might coexist; others compel a common dearth and fuel an eternal war of all against all. Moreover, the worldly chaos grows more complex because different forms of it are present in different places at different times: these forms shape cultures and traditions, yet they remain open to human influence – they can be transformed through deliberate effort and durable collective will, either enhancing life’s possibilities or wiping them out entirely.