• amazing_cat2357@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I feel bad for him, he is trying his best yet we got people like Dump bullying him on the global stage for not wearing a suit and “not doing enough”

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    It breaks my heart. I have a few Ukrainian coworkers (working remotely), and when we jump in Slack and I chat with them now compared to when we first started working together, all I hear is the weariness, the sadness, the loss. This woman designed all of our proprietary software, and she was always such an upbeat, motivated badass. That cliche of a person “lighting up the room” when they walk in? That’s her. Now though? She’s had to move three times to avoid bombs, and even though she’s safe now, she’s lost something that I don’t know if she will ever get back.

    What I see in this picture of Zelenskyy is what I hear in her voice every time I talk with her. And it makes me fucking furious.

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      I’m Ukrainian living in the US, I know.

      And yet, there are idiots all over social platforms who bitch (and even joke!) about how they’re “tired of giving money to Ukraine). I only wish they knew how painful that is to see. I wish that they at least had the courtesy to keep their mouth shut.

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      I have a Ukrainian friend since like 2015, he is US citizen now. since last year they force smile and socialise less, just trying to stay busy with their kids.

      It’s so painful that I don’t even know how to talk to him about this anymore. I just let him drive the conversation for most part. Most of the time, in the back of my head, I feel the pain of his family/relatives who have been displaced/disabled/dead.

      I can’t imagine losing your homeland to a cruel dictator.

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        6 days ago

        FDR was a great man but he was forged in the fires of a time far far worse. I shudder to think how bad things need to get before we get leadership like that back.

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      I still cannot believe we are betraying them, the Europe and featuring ourselves and I feel powerless to stop it.

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        6 days ago

        Delete the first word of that post. Your post now starts with “One”, and from there you change nothing.

        NOW your post is accurate.

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      Ok, full props to Zelenskyy. He is certainly doing a better job than any current leaders I can think of and he should have been able to count on the U.S. for full support. I would even support deploying our own troops.

      But better than any leader the U.S. has had for 100 years? That’s quite the suck up. You can respect and support without being a blatant kiss ass. It’s embarrassing for you and for him.

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            6 days ago

            The guy who served 5 terms, started the cold war, and became the basis for why we needed the 2 term limit?

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              He served five terms because he was so good he was massively popular, the conservatives paniced and pushed for term limits afterwards as they were scared of the idea of people running with policies that benifted the majority of people repetedly getting long periods of power like that.

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    Also, he is 47. Men’s bodies age rapidly around 45 and again at 65.

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    Yea, it’s heartbreaking to see comments like “I’d rather [xyz] than give another billion to Ukraine.” Just no words. I wish these people at least had the courtesy to shut the fuck up.

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    Mad respect for the man. He really loves his country. Maybe some of our “leaders” should take note. This is what a true badass does when a lot is at stake.

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      Dude’s country is being attacked by the “second army in the world” and he says “I don’t need a ride I need ammunition.”

      I’m amazed his giant brass balls even fit in his pants.

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    Absolute hero this man, every European and democratic country should hope to have its own Zelenskyy.

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      He wasn’t always like this, he was a normal person, a good comediant, but when great and heavy responsibilities come, you change with the times, and for this man, times have been hell. I don’t want to be him, knowingly sending my troops and young people to die because of a (insert a bad word for Putin).

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        If I remember correctly he was playing in a comedy as a guy who gets kinda accidentally elected, and based on the show he was kinda accidentally elected - half as a protest, half as a joke.

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        I bet many people, professional politicians, people with no principles that care only about money, would’ve run away leaving their country to suffer. This man had the strength to change and demand help for his own people, that makes him great honour.

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    Like the Obama photos, but with war included. That shit ages a person. Even a president.

    I have been re-watching servant of the people, and it’s just so apparent the amount of stress this man deals with on a daily basis. What a fucking hero.