Putin is anticommunist. There is no reason any socialist, anarchist, communist, leftist, whatever should support him. He has always been anticommunist, he is still anticommunist.
I'm not going to keep responding, but I'll leave it at this: I would never vote for someone who wants me in jail. Instead I would spend time organizing and agitating.
That's not really true, he is in opposition to communists yes, and a supporter of liberalism, but he frequently helps and supports communists as well, has opposed removal of communist symbols, has waved fines that communists have earned for activities they shouldn't have been up to, and has prevented some of the worst right wing excesses of his party on a good few occasions. He also supports and probably arms the communist militia that have been working to help Donbas and Crimea fight fascists.
It feels like that "someone who wants me in jail" statement is weird hyperbole of a caricature you have in your head created by liberal media's portrayal of his persecution of the EU-backed opposition he has. You seem to forget that the communist party is the majority opposition party in Russia, which holds many seats itself. They are not in jail, the fascists are in jail. I feel like you've gotten the wrong picture from liberal media crowing about Putin's persecution of their candidates, and you've extrapolated that incorrectly into a belief that socialists receive that same treatment.
Do not mistake the people that the liberal media get upset about (Navalny etc) for your allies, they are supporting and backing literal actual fascists.
but he frequently helps and supports communists as well, has opposed removal of communist symbols, has waved fines that communists have earned for activities they shouldn’t have been up to, and has prevented some of the worst right wing excesses of his party on a good few occasions. He also supports and probably arms the communist militia that have been working to help Donbas and Crimea fight fascists.
And he frequently jails anarchists and communists that actually do shit and not just play opposition in the parliament. What you said is lip service. Also gonna need a source on that communist militia in Donbas because if it's true, that militia is fighting together with hungarian fash who get paid fortunes to go there.
Putin is anticommunist. There is no reason any socialist, anarchist, communist, leftist, whatever should support him. He has always been anticommunist, he is still anticommunist.
I'm not going to keep responding, but I'll leave it at this: I would never vote for someone who wants me in jail. Instead I would spend time organizing and agitating.
That's not really true, he is in opposition to communists yes, and a supporter of liberalism, but he frequently helps and supports communists as well, has opposed removal of communist symbols, has waved fines that communists have earned for activities they shouldn't have been up to, and has prevented some of the worst right wing excesses of his party on a good few occasions. He also supports and probably arms the communist militia that have been working to help Donbas and Crimea fight fascists.
It feels like that "someone who wants me in jail" statement is weird hyperbole of a caricature you have in your head created by liberal media's portrayal of his persecution of the EU-backed opposition he has. You seem to forget that the communist party is the majority opposition party in Russia, which holds many seats itself. They are not in jail, the fascists are in jail. I feel like you've gotten the wrong picture from liberal media crowing about Putin's persecution of their candidates, and you've extrapolated that incorrectly into a belief that socialists receive that same treatment.
Do not mistake the people that the liberal media get upset about (Navalny etc) for your allies, they are supporting and backing literal actual fascists.
And he frequently jails anarchists and communists that actually do shit and not just play opposition in the parliament. What you said is lip service. Also gonna need a source on that communist militia in Donbas because if it's true, that militia is fighting together with hungarian fash who get paid fortunes to go there.
Look up Essence of Time