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DecayWTF
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Putin personally went on television to shit all over Lenin and declare Russia's imperial ambitions right near the beginning of the war with Ukraine. This is extremely stupid.

AllisonIsLivid
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Contrarianism is Reactionary.

I feel like, even if there's a 'good guy' in the Russia-Ukraine thing, it's not... Russia? Now don't get me wrong; I don't think either side of that pissing match is spraying chardonnay all over the Donbas, and I'm no fan of NATO either, but however cartoonishly evil Russia has been portrayed to be, at heart, Putin's Russia isn't doing a noble or just thing here either. Defending Russian sovereignty over itself (and it's geopolitical zone of influence) by opposing NATO expansion into it's backyard is a pragmatic move, not a morally superior one.

It is possible to NOT take a side in international conflicts, and have that be a considered opinion, OP. I mean, at the end of the day, queer, Jewish, and otherwise minority folks in donbas aren't getting human rights, whether it's Putin or the Ukrainian neo-nazi garrison running the show there.

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raginghadron
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The top left stance isnt opposing violence - it supports Russia.

Supporting Russia is supporting genocide, just like supporting Israel is supporting genocide. The only correct viewpoint in this chart is top left.

My point is that I think whoever made this chart was so eager to have the viewpoint opposite that of the US that they ended up supporting a different genocidal state.

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raginghadron
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The "anti war" aspect is also funny, given I support Ukraine and Palestine, and would love to see international peacekeeping forces deployed against Russia and Israel, both of whom I think should have the right to self govern taken away until they can get their shit together and stop trying to commit genocide.

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moonbark
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oh! so my language might be off, but this is an example of a tankie thing right? like, some of the most thorough and damning descriptions of the american empire's crimes i've seen were from folks who would then not apply that same level of thought to things like russia or china.
so like, they display what would imply a full understanding of the core of international geopolitics, and they're certainly very good at books and words, yet seem unable to apply the logic behind those critiques to empires that are in competition with america

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moonbark
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when i'm too foolish to just not look at it, i always wonder how such an inconsistency could be achieved. is it the horror in how there's no such thing as a nonevil state, and recognizing that is more painful than just throwing in with a team? is it related to those studies which seemed to suggest that a major desire for most(?) humans is to pick and align with teams no matter how arbitrary and to however absurd ends? is it that i'm being tricked by their seemingly sophisticated writing, when writing styles are not an indicator of critical thought so much as the styles of writings they've most been exposed to (and sources similar to philosophery are filled with folks who could not help but talk in extraordinarily silly ways?)?
a mystery

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