Russia invading was really the best thing for hawks. It’s only gonna get harder to argue for anti-imperialism now, even smarter people I know see the USA as the lesser of two evils. It doesn’t help that a lot of the people opposed to the US right now are legit ghouls who there isn’t much nice to say about besides that they oppose to the US. No amount of nuance or intelligent arguing is gonna convince anyone now, the US were the good guys against the big evil Putin.
The US is getting more and more regressive on LGBT issues but on classic American style they’re doing it slowly and regionally enough that it doesn’t seem like a sudden regressive take over, so most LGBT people I know still see the USA as a generally progressive state with some regressive enclaves, unlike the “backwards” nations in the developing world.
The hope pilling about China is seeming more and more like cope to me. Even if they are really building socialism I think they maybe too late. Besides it seems to only be socialism for China, they’re not planning on exporting anything.
Anti-communist propaganda as worked. Failures of past socialist movements along with the almost scientific methods of modern propagandists means really only an aesthetic meme version of the idea is gaining any meaningful popularity.
Frankly I’m just fed up. I don’t think anyone else in the west can be talked into socialism at this point, the propagandists won. People say that we shouldn’t be doomer even if we are doomed, but NGL having hope just seems exhausting and obnoxious right now. It being over seems like the best fate because at least then we don’t have to deal with people telling us how wrong we were.
About this, even just giving countries the freedom to pursue socialism by protecting them somewhat within China’s sphere is a HUGE deal, especially in Africa and Latin America. Pro-China leftists leaders in Latin America seem to be gaining ground pretty quickly, and a victory for Lula in Brazil would add to that. If this continues, it seems likely we’ll end up with some kind of Latin American socialist union which would have a pretty big direct impact on the US, given our ties there.
I somewhat agree that the west and the US in particular is fucked in the near future, but I would be careful not to let this dictate your views on what’s happening globally. US hegemony is fraying at the edges, and I think it’s not unrealistic to believe good things could come from that. Things will get tougher in the US, but eventually we might have a real opportunity to join our comrades elsewhere in overthrowing the US-led capitalist world order.
that's the only reason why i'm 0.5% happy in voting for that lib