Why good will triumph over evil

There was a moment this week that convinced me everything will eventually be OK. It was when Belarussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko got on TV and spilled the entire battle plan for the invasion of Ukraine.

This moment brought all the tropes of cheesy action movies to real life. The bumbling minion combined with the stock villain’s monologue where he spills his evil plan and gives the hero enough time to…