I was actually thinking about this topic today. I've long taken it for granted that war, military action, interventions, etc etc etc are all necessarily incongruous with leftist beliefs. But leftism isn't inherently pacifist, right? It's opposed to unnecessary and immoral violence and the commercialization of violence. But if we accept violence as necessary in some cases (for example, in opposition to fascism), and we also accept the notion that there is a moral obligation to act (which we seem to believe when it comes to things like being anti-racist), doesn't it follow that leftism also dictates intervention in support of a maligned party who lacks recourse? I'm super conflicted now, tbh, and I'm really curious what y'all think.

The history and manner of US intervention is obviously bad in many ways. I'm more thinking would the People's Army of FALGSC Hexbearistan have moral standing--or even the moral obligation--to intervene if Elon's Mars Colony started selling slaves or something?