Don’t Be a Tankie: How the Left Should Respond to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
theintercept.com
Those who don’t stand in solidarity with the oppressed cannot call themselves leftists.
  • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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    2 years ago

    They definitely exist I have to imagine a lot of it is is “if you’re not with us your against us shit” wrt nato as well. Acknowledging faults the west made to get us here but still not liking the Russian federation doesn’t fit neatly in the black and white narratives western media likes to push

    • panopticon [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      eh... "acknowledging faults" still makes it sound like a series of well-intentioned mistakes rather than an intentional and sustained campaign (edit: by the U.S. and NATO) to destabilize Ukraine and start a limited war there.

      Also Putin bad, to be clear