I get that in political office everything in the public eye is a sort of show. What clothes you wear, how you handle yourself, the speeches etc.
So I get it to some anything a politician does is for their own benefit. Nobody wants to look bad of course. But to me this seemed more genuine than most.
And just imagine what was going through the mind of that veteran! You do your part when you were young, filling out the forms, standing in the lines, training. Probably doubting that they would make it out in one piece. Then decades later being thanked by the generations of children that didn’t even exist in the world you fought for, but also understands the realities of war better than most. It’s got to be surreal.
@SomeAmateur @LaFinlandia As someone who has entered politics later in life, I can attest to the “optics” that, yes, everything you do does “appear” to be for somebody’s benefit. I can also tell you that much of what you see is simply us. That’s who and what we are-unvarnished. I suspect that with Zelenskyii just about everything is WYSIWYG to use the early computer acronym-what you see is what you get. That’s just him.
What’s funny about this is that he used to be an actor.
I fully support Ukraine and Zelenskyy, in case anybody gets the wrong idea.
Typical Zelenskyy W
wtf? straight up propaganda
100%, it’s honestly disgusting at this point watching the western power structure parade this war around. It’s off putting, no wonder people’s apetite for it has dried up.
You mad that Putin hides in his bunker?
Stop felching Putin for a moment and your’d realise he’s the one who started the conflict and can stop it at anytime by pulling back to Russia’s border.
How does ascribing blame to the aggressor, the accurate assessment BTW and I agree with you, make parading this dude around in a t shirt and cargo pants not disgusting?
Might be time to hop on your main account and make your nightly post about how mean women are to incels. Tonight is a double feature, you can bitch about how stupid you looked in this convo in the same circle jerk!
I know, right? Why can’t a dude who’s country is invaded by another larger country waste money dressing up more fancy and piss off the green-collar and blue-collar citizens of his country actually fighting for their lives? /s
If real life was the Hunger Games, you would be one of those vapid idiots of the Capital City.
russia is a terrorist state
Oh, this community is entirely populated by bots. It all makes sense now.
Whatever you say, vatnik
Blame putin for the war.
This is about WW2
The Vet is the star here not Zelenskyy
And who said otherwise?
Why would you blame Putin for WW2
The comment I replied to referred to the current war in Ukraine, of which Russia is responsible.
He can’t. He’s be thrown in the gulag.
Russia can stop any time they want to.
ruzzians are mad about it.
Terrorists mad
if this even is propaganda (what is very controversial), it’s the good kind; the kind that inspires people to be thankful for what has been passed down to them and to treat others with respect.
Properganda
What a way to talk about a guy that fought against the original Nazis.
Did he say anything bad about that guy? Try harder.
Trolling anti Nazi comments? Strange hill.
Wholesome as hell
Sometimes I scoff at “charisma” being a trait looked for in leaders but then I see anything Zelenskyy and I’m reminded yeah ok damn I can see that. The man is arguably one of the most effective politicians ever elected. And wholesome af. Hopefully one day he can go back to comedy.
He had a lot of practice being an entertainer.
This is not intended as a slight. Charisma can be learned like many other skills.
Teach me master
First you have to get comfortable being on stage. Do some theater or singing or something where you’re using someone else’s words. Read speeches by Thucydides, Churchill, Lincoln, FDR, MLK.
Then move on to saying your own words, like improv or join toastmasters.
Do some physical training to improve your ability to stand correctly, could be tai chi or yoga or pilates or karate (the key is to find a good instructor not any particular discipline). Keep your grooming up to date.
Listen more than you talk.
Watch people whose style you admire that would feel authentic to you, steal liberally from them.
@eestileib @CptEnder Disagree, if it could be learned, Putin would have some by now.
It can be learned, but you have to be willing for it and it needs a special trait as base requirement, neither Putin nor other Dictators have: Humility and Honesty.
He deserves a beer and a beach, dude is going to go down in history as one of the greats. “I need ammo, not a ride”.
Slava Ukraini
Slava Ukraini
Then he sang in Elvish.
Oh well that was the kind of goodness I needed to end my day. Now seems like an opportune moment for bed. o/