https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/16tj67j/comment/k2gfker/

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    22
    edit-2
    9 months ago

    It's been wild watching liberals conclude that the concept of Russia and Russian people need to be exterminated. They see Russia as like a glitch in reality. It's not exaggeration to say they see Putin as a magical demon from another dimension. They think of Russia as a set of negative character traits or a scary devil in the clouds instead of just a normal boring capitalist country that runs on oil.

    Also I say this as someone who wants death to America

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
      hexbear
      4
      9 months ago

      This could’ve all been avoided if they

      1. Not select an alcoholic for their puppet leader who deferred to Putin or
      2. Let Putin join NATO and let him help with capitalist imperialism

      But because Russia survived all their attacks and coups and challenged them as a superpower through 3 fucking eras of government and ideology, their ego is shattered

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
        hexbear
        4
        edit-2
        9 months ago

        There could have been a version of 1991 where the western powers immediately rushed in to write the Russian Confederation's constitution in tandem. I think they did something like this but clearly they weren't thinking straight.

        They could have made it a more overt puppet state and ended up with an ally like Japan or South Korea, maybe that's what they were hoping for and that it would happen naturally, I don't know. They could have further encircled China and had a huge neoliberal ally full of oil and cheap unprocessed copper.

        But no, out of spite or lack of strategy or something, they had to go and make Russia into a geopolitical rival. I'm very confused about why the imperialists did that or what they were thinking. It led exactly to this moment.