• ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Oh god.

    Let go step by step.

    Sandouq says: “We are not “Russia Apologists” we critically Russia in its fight against the imperialism of America, we support it in its fight against the paws of America such as Ukraine, ISIS, and the Islamic State in the Sahel.”

    You said: “Fighting right-wing American imperialism with right-wing Russian imperialism seems pretty dumb.”

    I’m saying how the fuck what Sandouq said any different than the lesser evil excuse that Americans loves to use to justify voting for a war criminal.

    Russia is the lesser evil in this conflict, it’s not dumb. The only difference is that Americans do love their “lesser evil” while we can criticize Russia for being right wing.

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      2 months ago

      How ridiculous of me to expect you to write out your position! It must be my poor education that prevents me from reading your mind!

      I’m saying how the fuck what Sandouq said any different than the lesser evil excuse that Americans loves to use to justify voting for a war criminal.

      I’m not Sandouq. Maybe you should ask them.

      Russia is the lesser evil in this conflict, it’s not dumb. The only difference is that Americans do love their “lesser evil” while we can criticize Russia for being right wing.

      Yeah, the INVADING GODDAMNED ARMY is the “lesser evil.” You’re ridiculous, and this is a waste of my time, especially since I have to pull the words out of you.

      Get lost, imperialist goon. Putin wanting a regime change isn’t an excuse to rape and murder his way across another country.

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        Read the context? Is clear what Sandouq said and you couldn’t even understand what is their position, shut the fuck up.

        Yeah, the INVADING GODDAMNED ARMY is the “lesser evil.” You’re ridiculous.

        classic

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            2 months ago

            You don’t even know what that word means when you say “Russian imperialism”

            Find a gun and follow your leader

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              Have you ever had an original thought? Or do you just repeat memes like some kind of particularly dumb parrot?

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                Man, I sure pissed off some imperialists yesterday.

                What a great way to wake up! Stay mad, you bloated turds!

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        2 months ago

        Imperialism is not war. War is a means by which imperialism is solidified, sure, but a genuine anti-imperialist stance attacks the system of imperialism, not any and all war.

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            What’s with the weird sexual harassment? Putin is a nationalist, of that there is no doubt, but how is this an imperialist war on the side of Russia? What do you believe imperialism is?

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              Let me get this straight:

              You can’t understand how a right-wing government of gangsters and grifters invading another country for the purpose of regime change and resource exploitation by the disproportionately wealthy is imperialism?

              Guess the thing in Venisuela was only wrong because is was inflicted on a country south of the equator. Or maybe because only the US counts as an empire?

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                Russia didn’t go to war with Ukraine for resources, Russia has plenty. It went to war with Ukraine because Ukraine was cozying up to NATO and was starting to host missiles pointed directly at Moscow, as a continued part of NATO encirclement. Regime change is definitely a goal of Russia, and there are Russian capitalists who will benefit, but the impetus for the war is that Ukraine was used by NATO the same way NATO uses Israel, as an attack dog against geopolitical adversaries in the region. This makes room for western finance capital to proliferate and extract.

                “Global south” does not mean geographic south, it’s a catch-all term for underdeveloped countries that tend to be but aren’t always south of the equator.

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                    No?

                    I have to ask, what do you believe imperialism is? Are you taking a moral stance, or a materialist stance? I know “read theory” is a bit of a meme, but it is genuinely important, and enormously helpful for analyzing the world. Going off of vibes alone isn’t sufficient to change the world.