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At a crucial juncture of the war against Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has undertaken a major reshuffle of his government, insisting "new energy" in government was needed "today."

"These steps are only associated with strengthening our state in various sectors — international politics and diplomacy are no exception," he said on Sept. 4 during a press conference in Kyiv with Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris.

While lawmakers and political analysts close to the president told the Kyiv Independent the reshuffle is a way of bringing "new energy" to a tired government apparatus, those who are critical of Zelensky say it’s more about the President's Office, run by Andriy Yermak, willing to consolidate power even more.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Churchill led a fucking empire, and during that same time period chose to starve 4 million what would become Bengali's.

Like, I see the argument you're making, but the British fucking empire is not the example you want to use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that does make Churchill a genocidal British imperialist but not an autocrat.

Not that that's any better - but the original comment claimed not holding elections in tines of war => autocracy.

I don't really know about other democratic nations in WW2 that suspended elections - like 3/4 of Europe had their governments dissolved and couldn't quite hold elections.