Rhetorical Ukraine
What are the words lightly exchanged on the street, versus the camping out with friends in Nature, or chilling in the quiet cafe on a lazy summer day ? My brief survey amongst the people who know me outside the Kiev is simply this : They will admit business things aren't great for them, they carry on with their lives in as much a normal pattern as possible, hope for the best and anticipate the least in results. They snicker about various situations in their parliament, laugh about Russia , and yet for the most part they are satisfied with the power structure that's in place , the Poroshenko administration has a reasonably solid foundation. The Revolution of Dignity , while it was fueled by rhetoric, along with facts, emotional references and public perceptions : people wanted to gain their freedom, at any cost. Yet what now is the result, was it worth it ? They think so : It's hard for people to build trust when they've been been...