Daria Marshenko “The Curtain That Never Fell”

The courtain didn't fall. It unfolded - slowly, quietly - until it reached places we didn't expect. What used to split worlds with concrete and wire now moves through politics, language, and everyday routine. Division hasn't disappeared; it's gotten smarter. Less visible, more efficient. A line redrawn in perception rather than on a map We're told the borders are open, the systems improved, the rewards fair. But who decides what order looks like? And who does it leave untouched? The structure holds - it just speaks a different language now. One that's harder to name, easier to absorb. Maybe the curtain was never meant to fall. Maybe we just stopped noticing it.