
I get the impulse (even though its kind of juvenile) to automatically be reflexively against the West, but imperialism doesnāt suddenly become good or justifiable when a country other than America does it. How is what Russia is doing to Ukraine right now any different from Europeās colonial imperialism?
except iām not. Russia is invading Ukraine to prevent an Amerikkkan proxy from forming on its border, and for the mineral rights (that the US and EU) also wants in the Black sea. they arenāt denazifying Ukraine, nor are they invading Ukraine for Russians. iām not condoning the invasion, just pointing out that Russia is semi-reasonable in their demands. meanwhile Amerikkka is blockading two nations whilst arming a genocide. the Washington narrative is allowed, but not any other narrative?
This is a pretty juvenile take on any geopolitical topic. Geopolitics is rarely black and white- itās a lot, and I mean a lot, of grey areas. An example: I support Palestine and their right to self determination and wish to see the end of the occupation. I do not, however, support Hamas. Tho I can see why Palestinians go to them given their circumstances
mate you have a lot of good takes but criticizing the actions of an imperialist nation and league of imperialist nations by defend the actions of a different imperialist nation is justā¦.weird. like you can recognize that whatās happening in Ukraine is essentially a proxy war of imperialism between NATO-aligned nations and Russia without inadvertently regurgitating Russiaās talking points yk?
that being said tho, itās weird as fuck that OP is defending the cessation of elections in Ukraine. orangutan is absolutely right about it being an effective dictatorship, and that is common amongst states weaponized within proxy wars. (I canāt respond to the actual comment in question because the person who commented originally (I think #3) has me blocked lmao) letās not forget that the fascists rising to power within the US also hope for that same cessation of elections to take place here.
I mean I did refer to the comment of yours in which you defended the cessation of elections. I believe you said that they can āhave elections laterā or something along those lines? elections can indeed take place during an ongoing war; and any delays or cancellations of such should only be performed with the approval of the voting population.
ahh no, it was āRussia stops its invasion and leaves Ukraine alone, then Ukraine can have their electionsā my issue is this exact justification is what the fascist regime here in the US is actively seeking to invoke, in order to cancel elections. Ukraine being invaded and abused as a proxy state is utterly terrible, but the destabilization of their democracy is also a part of that.