As you said, it doesn't require a lot of intellectual efforts to attach simplistic labels and be satisfied. I am not, however,satisifed with definite answers whether it's in software engineering or even global events
Thank you for being intellectually curious. Regrettably not many people venture into it nowadays.
Sometimes you have to pick a side. I choose the West and democracy (yes I know it’s very much imperfect). It’s up to you which side you’re on. But remember that inaction in the face of aggression is helping the aggressor, and paralysis by analysis is inaction.
Maybe it sounds harsh, but people around me are talking about going to Ukraine to fight. For our principles and for Ukraine. For democracy.
In my case, it's even more complicated. Even though I am not living in Russia, I speak Russian and my family is for the most part of Russian origin.
The Russian community these days is broken into 2 parts which sometimes even results in serious disputes among generations.
Almost no one in Russia supports the aggression, probably except for the older generation who spend most of their time watching the official television where everything is justified
Unfortunately all sources are overloaded with extreme simplification where Ukraine is angel and Russia is evil. It's tempting to believe in, although it's very far from truth.
Perhaps the only way to understand reasons and way of thinking each side has - listen to what Russia is saying over course of years, read about atrocities ukrainian army and nazi-style battalions did in eastern Ukraine for last 8 years. Read about nazi-style military camps growing in Ukraine last years.
All those things are rarely getting light in media. Putting a crying girl and "fuck you Putin" sells much better than in depth analysis or understanding why Putin did what he did. Hopefully I am wrong, but this kind of ignorance can lead to much much bigger troubles than current ones.
Try to read more of what both sides are saying, but be aware that ukrainian media is propaganda at it's best (would be better to put worst) so whatever they say should be taken with huge grin of salt.