Ukrainians, who have more experience with democracy than nearly any other European ethnicity due to their tradition of not having aristocracy, have a saying, th

Ukrainians, who have more experience with democracy than nearly any other European ethnicity due to their tradition of not having aristocracy, have a saying, that can be roughly paraphrased as: we elect our hetman, but the next day we complain about the decisions. We should always be holding our elected leaders to great scrutiny. Democracy can not operate on trust.