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Zelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] 25 points 3 years ago (7 children)

And I bet "Zelensky amends Ukraine's constitution during wartime" would make similar headlines.

There's fair criticism to be made of Zelensky, I'm sure. However, not holding an election during wartime, which is backed by the constitution and most Ukrainians, is not one of them.

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  • [+] -11 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Not really criticizing him. My criticism is the weird constitution worship used as non-argument that simply begs the question.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    The people are the foundation of a country. Religious documents are just excuses.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They aren't. But people treat them like they are. I do care about people using constitutions as if they were moral documents. I'd be just as annoyed if someone used a constitution to defend something like freedom of press or freedom of speech. I don't care about what the particular issue is: its the citing constitutions like they prescribes perfect morals that I care about.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    God you’re stupid.

    The whole way a country works is through written documents everyone adheres to. It is, by nature, difficult to make changes to those documents.

    You can’t always just go with what gives you the warm and fuzzies in ideal democracy land where voting happens instantly and doesn’t risk your voting population being hit with a cruise missile.

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