The current Ukraine crisis...

[Loki]

As for the facts, definitions and proofs of this reality, I agree. That with a personal desire (or rather, ignoring the consensus), none of the above will work. But as humanity, as a society, we live in the reality of consensus and we have to either reckon with it or ignore it. This is what we are actually observing on the world political arena right now. (Again, these are my personal reflections and generalizations)

I believe this creation is really governed by free will and this is why we cannot invoke any excuse at the end. Following our hearts it will put us on the right path. The biggest mistake we can make is to be tricked into believing we do the right thing when doing the wrong thing. But acting out of fear is as damaging as acting out of misunderstanding.

Freedom of choice cannot be taken away from us because it is given by Creator. We might think we have no choice but there is always choice to follow our hearts. Maybe not a choice we would like necessarily, not a choice easy to make, but a choice that beyond this madness will set us free.

There is a interesting movie called "a hidden life" which is based on a true story. It is about an Austrian citizen who refused to take the oath for Hitler in WWII. He ended up being considered traitor and coward by the village and his family was targeted by hate of the other villagers and at the end he was executed in prison, and all this because he believed that according to Jesus is immoral to kill. He wasn't a fanatic but a brave human. He offered to work as medical personnel or any other auxiliary personnel that would help without being forced to kill.

This man proves there is always choice but is not easy.