Photographs of the Revolution. Monday, Feb 10, 2014

Kreshatik is mostly business as usual except for…

PROTESTS IN KYIV

I find myself somewhat indifferent to the current events here in Kyiv, however, it was the only topic of discussion at the office today and even our governess at home rallied for the cause and was proudly wearing her ribbon today.

If might is power, then from the testimony I’ve heard and videos I’ve seen of those who attended, I’m led to believe the power is waning.

I have a disinterested view of it all but it is encouraging to see some action and to hear that the violence of the State is not all that imposing. I’m not particularly optimistic, though. If the county’s fate is determined by what occurs here in Kyiv, than I expect nothing much from this city. It’s a city full of rich assholes with large cars who drive, quite literally, pathologically, the infrastructure and buildings are crumbling,  and it’s an environmental disaster populated by great unwashed masses of poverty stricken alcoholics and degenerates, not to mention the whole federal thugocracy and their parades.

Perhaps there is a glimmer of hope, and I hope Ukrainians are relentless and make yesterday’s events a more frequent and larger phenomenon. It’s the only way to get these clowns out of power, and impose some integrity upon their leaders.The people of Ukraine should demand a vote, some direct democracy, and an actual say in their future, instead of a свинья как директором фермы.

Uruguay looks like a good model to learn from. They have poorest the president in the world, who is a philosopher and an ex-soldier. He lives in a small house with his wife and donates his salary to charity and marijuana is recognized as a harmless plant with a price control of 1 dollar per gram.  Cheap booze every 100 meters on every street and corner in Ukraine doesn’t seem to be helping things here.