Cataplectic Non-Cognitivism?

Pathological bad thinking drives Ukraine into a ditch

Another subtitle could have been A Year of Bad Thinking, but I’m saving that for after the press conference on Wednesday. As I noted the other day, it’s probably worth mentioning that Ukraine has a parliamentary-presidential form of government. Although Zelensky was elected president in April 2019, his appointments were confirmed only in late August.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Z) is fated to act by what has has led up to the current moment. The past has set the stage for the next catastrophe, as a prologue does in a play. But this isn’t theater and there is no such thing as destiny.

Ukraine’s internal security situation has reached a critical juncture. Russia’s military occupation of Crimea and areas of eastern Ukraine have produced a state of near cataplexy in the President’s Office.