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		bjoli 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting Why would we view him through a Roman lens with regards to a word used today in a modern context?

TrapLord_Rhodo 9 months ago [–]

Because that's when the word was created and is the most applicable description of what zelensky is... What else would you call him?

bjoli 9 months ago | [–]

A war-time president? The UK and Canada postponed elections during WW2, but no one is calling Churchill a dictator.

Using millennia-old definitions does nothing to further discussions.

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