Nov 12
Comment from everkosus:
“Comparing the willingness to criticize those in power between Ukraine and Russia, as demonstrated in these street interviews, sheds light on the state of their societies and, by extension, their respective levels of freedom of speech.”
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These people are beyond stoical.
I don’t know how representative this vox-pop is; all the respondents appear to be in their 20’s or 30’s, but we can see for sure that this is a vibrant democracy.
It’s normal for people to give a leader the fault for things that are not going so well. The war and the fight against corruption are not going as well as they could be. But, I think no one would want to be in Zelensky’s shoes. Fighting a war while constantly begging for weapons and ammo – essentially with too little, too late – is not easy, and fighting corruption while fending off a massive horde of ghouls who want to extinguish the country is also every bit as difficult.