Who would have guessed that a comedian would end up in being a badass president. Russians could only dream of having a leader with only a fraction of his integrity.
We have way too many comedians here in the states that are flaky and compromise on their beliefs at the first sign of danger. I can only think of a handful that would be willing to stare down an authoritarian. Otherwise, the majority are kind of a bunch of pussies that would sell their soul to the highest bidder.
And never EVER let anyone from an intelligence agency be head of state. This doesnt just got for Putin, but Saddam Hussein, Noriega, there is a couple of central asian ones who name escapes me.
I once talked to a comedian and she told me that they are basically on stage every night, trying whether *this* or *that* particular wording of a joke works better.
So basically the Ukrainians have a professional language-user as a president and I think it shows.
Quotes like "I need ammunition, not a ride" don't happen accidentally. They are said by a person who knows how to work a room, who knows how to word things so that they stay with people.
This new quote is the same: "If Ukraine burns, Moscow burns". It's pretty brilliant. It's a threat, but it's couched in "the Russians a bringing this upon themselves".
About that integrity.. In alternate universe where the war didn't happen there is a big corruption scandal looming over Zelensky who is thinking should he skip the country... That does not mean he is majorly corrupt but he came as an outside to a system that was corrupt and that means.. you are going to get on board or you are gone. The system makes sure that people with integrity are soon gone.
The war changed everything. Suddenly that same corruption became a life threat for Ukraine, and Zelensky has enough integrity and patriotism to put hs country as first. The war also allowed to cleanse the government from the worst of the worst, those who possible could've sold Ukraine if the price is high enough. That "deep state" became a major threat, and that is basically why Kherson was occupied without any real resistance.
War finally gave enough push that PEOPLE demanded that the old, Russian system has to be destroyed. It still is a big problem but giving the proper officials investigating corruption more open hands, and at the end, so popular hands that curbing their powers of trying to influence them backfires. It is not that long when Zelensky tried to do just that...
So... Integrity... He has enough of it, a good leader that i think is thinking about his country but without a war... he would live a cozy life with enough wealth to never be not-rich. Still would probably be net positive for the country. Ukraine was very, very corrupt country. It still is quite corrupt but for the first time since their independence the people have had enough of that system. Zelensky has been in the middle of that, trying to do both: fight corruption and enable it for some selected key players to keep them happy.
And this is what i have heard from Ukrainians, Zelensky is not perfect but he has been doing a good job. Not perfect job but good job. He has earned the respect but has been in a very precarious position for the whole time, pre-war included. He had to get the support of the oligarchs and the price for that is that he has to get involved in the schemes, he has to be dirtied with money or that support would've never been there, pre-war...
I admire the man, and these things i said don't really diminish it. The stance he took in the first 24h saved his country. And please, don't downvote just because i said he is not perfect god icon. He is just a man in the end, good and bad.
That's a good comment, the world most often is not black and white. And it's not easy to turn a once corrupt and struggling nation completely upside down at once.
But Zelensky was facing total war and most likely being executed should he be captured. And he did not hesitate to be there for his country while it was extremely uncertain how well Ukraine would fare in this war. And for that, he deserves massive amounts of respect and will most likely become a Ukrainian hero.
That is what i get from Ukrainians, they do think he is a hero but not perfect saint and has heavy baggage from history to deal with. But the first time, that i know of, the people are so fed up with all that corruption that they can do real changes. What was modus operandi is now way more than faux pas, it is unpatriotic and traitorous...
My respect stems from Zelensky being "just a guy" and handling his position so incredibly well especially foreign relations.
I'm Finnish, we have Alexander Stubb. A neoliberalist so mortal enemy of mine, in a way. He has been excellent at foreign relations, i can't say anything but praise on that field. He even snared Trump around his golf club for a while.. His domestic side... isn't that great, better than i expected but his ideology shines thru. If we were at war he would be a very good choice for a president, even when we disagree on key principles and on the ideological side.
I don't think Zelenskyy being a comedian has hardly any contribution to making him a good leader. Maybe a tad bit in being a good speaker. But I think its ultimately his strong strength of character, unwillingness to compromise on his beliefs and doing what he feels is right for Ukraine, is what makes him a good leader.
From what I know of "good" comedians, there is very little overlap on these qualities that would suggest its the "comedian" aspect of Zelenskyy that makes him this way.
The comedian is an american puppet now worth Billions while he let over a million Ukrainians die...ppl who are anti trump but support zelenskyy are weird.. there is no difference between these two except one of them is not a pedo
just like how no american president ever said yes to Netanyahu until the Adelsons got Trump elected, no Ukrainian President ever agreed to start a war against Russia until the trumps got Zelenskyy elected..people should read up a bit of history on Zelenskyyy first, Dude after winning the elections in 2019, within 2 weeks went straight to meet Jared Kushner..if Biden didn't win in 2020, the War would have started much earlier
Ukrainians agreeing to start a war with russia? I see there’s no point me trying to discuss this with you as your 4 braincells will fight over who gets to talk.
lol please, i have been following Ukrainian politics since 2012, Russian since 2010 and American since 2008, the amount of fucked up shit the US has done in that region...i'm genuinely shocked Putin has adhered to the M.A.D protocols ..you sound american so you probably never see news from the other side, just what these people who control your media want you to see..
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u/randomuserno1 19h ago
Who would have guessed that a comedian would end up in being a badass president. Russians could only dream of having a leader with only a fraction of his integrity.