Ukraine possesses numerous resources and strategic industries, yet its economy stagnates. Let’s take a look on Ukrainian reality through the prism of pretence and imitation.
Since 1991 Proclamation of Independence, the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine) pretends to be constructing a social and democratic state – but its laws prevented development of the sustainable free market economy.
The Presidents pretended to care about every Ukrainian – but instead they created a loyal pool of oligarchs, mostly in the nepotism.
The government officials pretend to be professionals, but either they have fake university diplomas, or they are to protect the interests of the oligarchs.
The governments pretends to provide social security for the poor – but instead it wastes taxpayers’ money, not to mention that state pension of the judge can be 3,000 times higher than that of a worker.
The government officials pretend to be poor – but their families are extremely good at business, usually related to their
The government pretends to be introducing reforms – but they avoid reforming anything that allows for embezzlement, e.g. generally accessible electronic circulation of documents.
The government pretends to be countering the Russian propaganda – but instead it fails to support the Ukrainian language and culture.
The government pretends most of the Ukrainians need visa-free regime with the EU – but considering $200/month average salary, very few are actually able to go abroad.
The government pretends to be developing industry – but it is deeply outdated.
The government pretends to have achieved the GDP growth – but it has mostly happened due to the prices hike, including increase of the natural gas, heating and water supply rates.
The government pretends it has stabilised the current economic situation – but the real household income appears to be only a third of that of 2013.
The government pretends the high coal procurement prices are to allow for the supply from abroad – but instead they are appear to be used to finance Russian terrorist DPR and LPR organisations.
The government pretends it introduces deregulation of the economy – but Ukraine is still low in indices of doing business or corruption perception.
Since 2014 6 state anti-corruption bodies are after corruption – but it still flourishes.
The anti-corruption agencies were introduced to fight corruption – but they procure luxury cars in top packages with heated leather seats and expensive multimedia systems.
The young reformers pretend to be professionals – but they mostly share the same corrupt outlook.
The young reformers pretend to be well-educated – but their “foreign” education often appears to be a hoax.
The young reformers pretend to have great work experience – but does it really matter whether you were a secretary or a clerk in a small local or a big foreign company?
The police pretended to fight crime – but instead their involvement in the crime became a byword, e.g. “if it wasn’t for counter-drugs department there would be no drugs supply”.
The universities pretend to teach students – but instead they developed into institutions of diploma supply, with no qualification added.
The media pretend to be independent – but the news reports are extremely biased, always serving the interests of the shareholders.
The journalists pretend to worry about people’s lives – but they usually spent for coffee and croissants more money than a pensioner has for the whole month.
The business pretends to be paying taxes and practicing social responsibility – but it minimises the taxes in the ways that can barely be called legal.
Some of the population pretend to be Russian-speakers – but their parents speak Ukrainian.
Some of the population pretend to be patriots – but they avoid paying taxes.
Some of the population pretend to be missing the Soviet Union – but they are missing their youth, in fact.
The European Union is expected to be an example of transparency – but it is reported to be paying cash to the self-proclaimed reformers.
The European Union pretends to be standing fro democracy – but hasn’t it been purchasing natural gas from the USSR yet in the 1980s?
The European Union pretends to be supporting Ukraine as a victim of the Russian aggression – but its sanctions are mostly nominal, and its businesses are searching ways to circumvent them.
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- Russian society is even more deeply immersed into the parallel reality of propaganda, brainwashing and manipulation;
- The EU, the USA and other countries have their lists of issues that often comprise the same problems.
