Alexander J. Motyl: De-communization, Hannah Arendt, and Ukrainian nationalism
A Ukrainian soldier shows his old belt buckle adorned with a Soviet hammer & sickle.
It's about 100 days since Ukraine passed its de-communization laws and guess what? The sky hasn't fallen. The fascists haven't taken over. Repression hasn’t set in. Which is exactly what those of us who were arguing for the laws were saying all along.
