im sure you guys follow people who recently started to mindlessly drool over the tweets from bad actors like simon tesfamariam also.

the whole imperialist angle is dogshit too. 18 months ago ethiopia was a western darling since they privatized the economy and detatched from the massively pro-china tplf. there is no imperialist onslaught here. also, eritrea under afwerki have invaded all their neighbours and hosted military bases for UAE in their genocidal war on the zaidis. yeah, they're fucking buried in the sanction scheme. guess what? when you keep your soldiers as slaves and refuse to even pretend to hold elections for 20 years, you will get sanctioned without any ulterior motives. also somewhat bizarre to hear Puryear try to mention development metrics that are better than some warzone countries in central africa when eritrea on the other hand have the lowest information infrastructure in the world (probably intentionally so).

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Eh. Modern Russia just looks like Neoliberalism From Moscow. The military's actions in neighboring states suggest they're more than happy to do genocides should it suit them.

      I've heard all sorts of takes on China that pull me one way or another. But nothing I've heard about Russia since the Yeltsin Admin makes them look anything but bad.