This shit might dangerously soon be enough for Putin to just say "yolo". Also, insane how the entire world is quickly responding to Russia, while noone gave a shit about the US killing literally millions of people. Or the Saudis killing more innocent people right this moment than Russia is. And they will be allowed to continue to do so. It looks like the US hegemony is getting only stronger, not weaker, no matter what it does.

  • blobjim [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Ukraine being neutral is basically what Russia wants. But that clearly was never on the table. To me revolutionary defeatism means rooting against the largest imperial powers, not some besieged country who's presence in the world is almost entirely in opposition to actual imperialism (resource and labor extraction, war itself is not "imperialism"). I also really doubt Russia has any ill-intentions in Ukraine. At most, Russian capitalists might exert power over Ukrainian capitalists, but I doubt it would make Ukrainians worse off than they are now. At least they'll probably reduce the amount of white supremacist pro-west propaganda the average Ukrainian consumes.