The most cynical characterization of the brutal invasion of Ukraine I have come across in the tech circles is Marc Andreessen calling it the current thing.  

Many people in tech have been comparing this year to 1995. As in, 2022 is to the Blockchain what 1995 might have been to the Internet. You might see a lot of froth but this is for real. There will be market ups and downs, as there always are, but this thing is for real. 

Ukraine is 1989, it is 1991 all over again, or can be. This is not some remote war. It is heartbreaking to watch all the damage that has been done. The images and the videos are so easily accessible. 

This was thought of as old-fashioned. This was not supposed to happen. It is like someone threatened to type a paper on a typewriter. And then he did it. He started hammering a paper on a typewriter. 

The valor of the people of Ukraine and their leader is on display for all to see. They fight at the front. They fight for democracy in America. 

But ultimately this has to be about taking the fight to the streets of Moscow. If sufficient momentum can be created, tectonic shifts could take place. China could see a push for political reform to the point of a breakup of the Chinese Communist Party like it were a political AT&T. Sufficient street momentum in Moscow could turn Saudi Arabia into a republic. It would definitely make NATO irrelevant. 

I feel like the rest of us have an obligation to build the most sophisticated Web 3 digital tools to put at the service of those Russians who will brave the streets of Moscow to topple Putin and give the country a new start in Navalny's leadership. Navalny is the Russian Mandela. It's just that we don't want him in jail for 20 years.