Hey y’all! I write to tell you about myself. Obviously, because I think I deserved being told about but also because something shocked me and sometimes I cope by writing public posts.
I dunno why I avoided reading Ayn Rand thus far, I haven’t heard about probably. I apologise for lack of familiarity with the material and, fates willing, will get up to speed.
I am from Tula, Russia, although I was traveling quite a bit before COVID and I panicked and displaced myself in 2022. I lived in Egypt, but last October I moved to Vietnam where I am writing from. Why am I writing? To tell you about people I met and to leave a trail. Apathy, anxiety and fear became my companions and although fear is a much healthier emotion than apathy, I am concerned that this time of my life my fear is not a false one. I know for a fact that terrible things happen in Vietnam - https://www.bluedragon.org/ believes in a future where no one suffers the horrors of human trafficking. To raise awareness of the scope of it all is an act worthy of doing -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6kbJ9wV5\_k
Me and my friends here are terrified. What is it if not the end of the world if such things can happen? It’s terrifying. Over one million Russians fled the country since the war began, how many got in trouble and got helped fellow travellers? I am lost for words!
I know three homeless people who stuck here. One of them was telling me stories that made me feel icky “you do you pal”; after watching this video I think “I hope the guy watched the video before me and told the stories to me because he wanted to play vulnerable and make friends”. I dunno what else to think. I know for a fact he has no ID, a rough life and knows people from the underworld. Is he a traveler like myself scraping by or is he a scout for a criminal syndicate? I am at least a witness, which is better than an accomplice but still quite concerning.
Anyway, if, God forbid, the story is true - I’ll figure something out and engage more with Objectivism.
I hope it’s false, in this case the post raises awareness of a topic that is very frightening for me personally - no harm done. I hope I’m not breaking any rules introducing myself in this weird way.
Live long and prosper in peace!