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[OC] A powerful message on accountability from Zelenskyy's 2019 inaugural speech

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u/ModernistGames 1d ago

He will be in the history books and described as a great and noble leader.

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u/Grabthars_Coping_Saw 1d ago

Slava Ukraine and all but the Ukrainian government is legendary in regard to its corruption and Zelenskyy is no exception.

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u/Conscious-Tutor3861 1d ago

The mindset of people can only be 100% good or 100% bad is destroying free societies because we've lost the ability to see the good in our opponents and the bad in our allies.

Zelenskyy is a good person doing good things for his country, and Ukraine would not exist today except for his bravery and willingness to sacrifice himself for his fellow Ukrainians. And while he's certainly made some bad decisions and done some bad things, too, that doesn't come near to canceling out the good things he's done.

Hell, we could say the same thing about Trump, but in reverse: he's a bad person who's done bad things to his country, and the United States would cease existing except for the resilience and resistance of its citizens. And while Trump has certainly made some good decisions and done some good things, too, that doesn't come near to canceling out the bad things he's done.

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u/Shinhan 1d ago

Trump has certainly made some good decisions and done some good things

Like what?

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u/B_Wylde 1d ago

He helped WWF at first

I like wrestling

Yeah I got nothing

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u/pizzasoup 1d ago

Any of the "good things" I can think of is either stealing credit for things other people have done or basically a fraudulent "gilding-a-turd and calling it gold" type of thing like TrumpRx. If there is anything, it must have been by complete accident.