Posted by Jerry on July 25, 2000 at 01:24:08:
In Reply to: Re: Can an American be Ukrainian or new vs old posted by Marusia on July 24, 2000 at 08:59:22:
: : Dear Jerry,
: I do not blame you for leaving the country. I appreciate the role of diaspora in the Soviet days, and I am proud of my people who did not want to forget that they are Ukrainians even though they were thousands miles away from home.
: I just do not want you to blame new emigrants for emigrating, because having lived all your life in the West you do not have the slightest idea about the rules of the game in a post-soviet society.
: However good their education is, it is useless at home because you cannot make a decent living out of it. Besides, you are wrong to suggest that the people who are getting rich now, can do this because they are better educated. Their education is limited to knowing the ways how to use the situation to their advantage. They have no moral principles because they did not need them in Komsomol, do you know what Komsomol means?
: Yours, Marusia.
: : My Dear Marusia, : Somebody will have to take the blame for whats happening in Ukraine sooner or later.There are no principles there are no"morals" in money or personal wealth its only hard cash in their pockets. People know whats goining on and don't do dam thing about it,the country getting poorer by each minute,hour,day,week,month and years since independence.Konsomols were good for soviet union and russia.You can't build country on hopes and dreams, only on dids that are good for the country and people.But the people that use education for their own advantage and the rest of people just hide in their hopes and dreams or run away it will not solve the problem's.Only people "POWER" and peoples demands for their rights will over come, solve the problems.People have to make demands to all the governing bodies in communities,towns, cities and the main government.Otherwise most of the people might have to run like the old emigrants did.Future freedom,independs of the country depends only on people that live in that country and no"body" else.Diaspora just trying to help and give support to people and the country.