We love a story where a hero finds strength amid immense adversity, because in our culture, we're taught that the character who chooses to be resilient always wins, no matter the odds.

Resilience is, at its core, a positive character trait when you have a choice in how to act. When we talk about Ukraine's resilience, we omit what Ukrainians know very well — that Russia isn't going to stop its war until Ukrainian independence is crushed. Ukrainians have no choice but to continue and resist Russia's demands.

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 20 hours ago

This reminds me of that Simple Sabotage Field Manual the CIA declassified. It containes things like:

Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.

... to interfere with organizations and production.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What would they rather be called?

[–] nykula@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago

Some of us would enjoy it I guess, but I personally see it as a dangerous stereotype similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_black_woman. The government commends our resilience and uses it as an excuse to strip worker and student rights, to "study" engineering offline in 5°C rooms for example. EU countries are cutting support for migrants because we're too resilient in their eyes, spreading welfare queen stereotypes that even our our media, which is quite right-wing, is quick to quote without a grain of salt.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

safe, secure, at peace, I suppose.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Members of the EU and NATO?