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Ukraine reshuffles its government: Who’s out, who's in, and what it all means
(kyivindependent.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2024
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He's by definition an autocrat at this point.
He didn't have an election and just remained in power.
A reminder for those who will automatically respond "Ukraine is fighting for its life"
It definitely is, but the US had an election in the middle of the Civil War, and during WW2.
Ukraine’s constitution forbids an election during a state of emergency. This isn’t him overriding precedent, this is codified into law.
But during WW2 Britain didn't hold elections. Did this turn Britain into an autocracy?
And by the way, you literally can't hold elections if the aggressor is certain to attack polling stations. The US never had this threat, neither during the Civil War nor during WW2. Not a single US city was ever attacked by an enemy nation.
This is definitely an um ackushally, but the Brits did burn the capitol.
Fair enough
Pearl Harbor has entered the chat
Also, here’s some reading material for you:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_military_attacks_on_United_States_territory
Pearl Harbor is not a city, is it?
I've checked nearly every single link from Wikipedia in that list, there were a handful of attacks on American villages. Not a single city was ever attacked (except for maybe Washigton by the Brits) - or rather seriously attacked.
I don't really take
Casualties:
seriously, considering that attacks on cities usually end horribly for civilians.
Huh, that list actually has Goleta. I'm a bit surprised about that.
Good on Wikipedia.
Goleta, CA. WW2
Not really a counter argument, but you're wrong about the whole not a single city bit.
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.
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.
The US didnt have to account for the likelihood of russian psyops and election interference destabilizing the country during these critical times though.