r/MadeMeSmile • u/SushiJuice • Mar 03 '25

Wholesome Moments A real man of the people

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u/emordanalap Mar 03 '25

The dichotomy between this man and other world leaders is stark. May they rise to the occasion with his example.

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u/Effective_Tea_6618 Mar 03 '25

Who would've thought the president of Ukraine, of all places, could be this iconic

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u/rivalpinkbunny Mar 03 '25

People forget that he ran on an absurdist ticket as “that guy who plays the president on tv”… literally. Nobody expected the most transformative leader in the world in at least a generation. It’s been truly remarkable to watch.  

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u/Buy_Constant Mar 03 '25

he also was a voice actor for Ukrainian voiceover of "teddy bear paddington" movie

tbh there are plenty of funny moments in his career. he told pootin jokes publicly in 2000's

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u/-0909i9i99ii9009ii Mar 03 '25

I think that's part of what helped him win. Ukraine doesn't have such a huge film industry, so the familiarity with him was pretty high as a pretty prominent comedian. His range was enough for them to recognize him as a normal/smart/compassionate guy and not a corrupt/serious politician who doesn't share the same world understanding that most people do.

I honestly think that most places might be better off if we had that sort of audition to get a feel for a person and decide who we think is a good, honest, hardworking, smart person capable of doing good in the office rather than some BS divisive 1v1 PR campaign to portray the idea of a person that doesn't even quite exist under it all.

But to Zelensky's greatest credit, he really did make a difference. I think the world (and definitely Ukraine) would be in a much different and worse position by now if any other leader happened was in his position.

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u/Livakk Mar 03 '25

I thing it is partly because he doesnt know a lot of stuff and recognizes it and listens to his advisors unlike other countries presidents.

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u/scotty899 Mar 03 '25

As his people were slaughtered, he stood up and grew into a remarkable leader.

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u/darksoulsnstuff Mar 03 '25

Weird way to put that. This is a guy who has been hell bent on improving things in his country for over a decade.

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u/scotty899 Mar 03 '25

Sorry. I should have expanded. He doing exemplary work as a leader in front of the entire world.

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u/Big_Test7918 Mar 03 '25

Ok 1. He came to power in 2019 and that's less than a decade, as far as I know. 2. First of all, I don't know much about Ukraine before the war, but since they didn't manage to build up the army and prepare for a possible attack by Russia, I also doubt that he did much else useful

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u/InvestigatorTrue7054 Mar 03 '25

ya but still europe used it as scapegoat why to push for nato membership when country like Russia openly opposed it.

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u/FlyRepresentative592 Mar 03 '25

Putin has been interfering with Ukraine since long before a NATO push.

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u/darksoulsnstuff Mar 03 '25

Yeah sure, used it as scape goat to stand up for the values of freedom and democracy. Crazy

Ukraine as an independent country has every right to request to join a DEFENSIVE alliance, something Russia wouldn’t have a problem with if they didn’t have obvious bad intentions.

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u/LampshadesAndCutlery Mar 03 '25

Why is it that you see a problem with Europe wanting Ukraine to be able to join NATO so that Russia is forced to stop raping and massacring Ukrainian citizens?

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u/Sure-Finger9950 Mar 03 '25

Do you know anything about him? He's probably worse than 95% of them.

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u/GrizzledDwarf Mar 03 '25

Given your use of the word "probably", I suspect you don't know anything of the man either. Just regurgitating the idea that somehow, all politicians are corrupt and bad, except your guy , right?

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u/Effective_Tea_6618 Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

Ok, but in that 5% that's worse than him, is definitely Trump. And do you know anything about him? He's probably better than 95% of them

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u/Purple_Clockmaker Mar 03 '25

"Probably" Fucking throwing shit like that without any substance. Fuck off. It's clear who attacked who and who is defending democracy RN.

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u/ConsciousDisaster768 Mar 03 '25

Go on, tell me 95% of leaders who are better than him then. Also what else do you know about him? You insinuate that you know more, so go on…

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u/SaucierInSanAntone33 Mar 03 '25

These people WANT to live in a bubble, don’t bother

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

You mean idiotic

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u/dasgoodshitinnit Mar 03 '25

What would you do in his shoes mr Brilliant Pea 7253?
Why don't you enlighten us with your brilliance?

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u/ConsciousDisaster768 Mar 03 '25

You probably think trump and musk are doing an amazing job as president 💀😂