I think that "strategic peace" is actually a rationalization of what is happening.

The sooner we accept that Trump has the personality of a serial killer, the easier it will be to find solutions. This is his transactionalism: Give me what I want, or you don’t survive.

Ukraine should have surrendered to Russia to "save lives," as Trump says. A woman should give in to her rapists so they don’t slit her throat. A man who is robbed should let the thief take everything from his home so he isn’t killed.

From single mothers, yes, they were a target of the propaganda,or people who bought food using other people's ration cards. It
was called "înfierare" in Romanian, a sort of public shaming trough harassment.

I am from România and I I spent my childhood and teenage years during the authoritarian communist regime. Dr. Phil report painfully reminded me of what I used to see on television during the dictatorship—propaganda reports targeting people who broke the norms and laws of the regime.