Is there a consensus on why this war is happening?

Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, then escalated this into a full scale war in 2022.

I feel like I'm trapped inside a propaganda machine where the answers to all questions are "Putin is evil and the dumbest person on earth"

Can you show me in the above post where either of those statements were made?

I wasn't accusing him of saying that.

It seems like you’ve given yourself one of two options. You are either a) commenting in bad faith, or b) commenting as a useful idiot. If what you said is actually a non-sequitur, then you are a useful idiot. If you actually meant what you said, than its intentional and you are acting in bad faith: otherwise, why comment?

If you are ignorant, go take a 10 year read of history off the wikipedia and it should become clear to you “why this war is happening?”, which is what your question was. Otherwise, I’m now under the assumption, based on the structure and pacing of your ‘questions’ , that you are commenting in bad faith.

Dude, I'm just trying to have a conversation about the topic. I tried to engage with him because he answered my comment.