I don't think it's something you'll ever be able to fully hold in your hand. We'll only be able to understand parts at a time, never fully as if we ourselves are going through it. But rest assured we'd go through it just the same they did. Would we protest, be loud and proud, or keep our heads down and change what we could in our immediate surroundings? Ride the wave, benefitting where we could? Or be smashed by it?

It's always interesting trying to put yourself in the shoes of the common person during "interesting times". The Russian and Ukrainian people are going through interesting times currently. So are Iranians. Definitely others that my limited scope doesn't know of.