Targeting Ukrainians for political gain is convenient. It garners political capital for populists. The problem these populist “social engineers” don’t seem to grasp, however, is that hate isn’t a mathematical equation where every variable is known and controlled. Hate tends to spiral out of control and can devour the populist instigators who have fanned its flames. Books, ballet, and BuchaJOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Pro-Russian sentiment is spreading through Poland. Ukraine would be wise to take these disturbing developments into account in its calculations. The sad fact is there are Poles who pine for the return of Russian control over Poland. How could this be? Maybe it’s some twisted longing for the past. Part of Poland was controlled by Russia for more than a century (1795-1918). Even today, after all the atrocities, there are Polish people who think Russia is all about the books and ballet. And brutality too, of course. Alas, there are some who don’t mind that whip cracking over their heads. They welcome it. Banderite Ukraine, not brotherly Russia, is a threat to Poland It shouldn’t be surprising, then, that deluded people who don’t see Russia as a threat are voicing their concerns about Ukraine. These people see almost all Ukrainians as having the seed of genocide in them. In their minds, almost every Ukrainian is guilty of the Volhynia massacres. It doesn’t matter if it’s an old man or a little Ukrainian girl. They both share the genocide gene, so to speak.