It was bound to happen eventually. The US disregarded the geopolitical consensus, everyone knew Putin, but realy any leader in his position, would see NATO expansion as an eventual justification for war.
Putin isn't a leftist, the Russian people are not thriving under his leadership, the country is not headed towards socialism or anything like that.
However none of that realy matters in the grand scheme of things. For the international socialist movement to have any chance eventualy we must face American imperialism head on. And that means making alliances with countries and leaders that are not aligned with our goals. We offered critical support for middle east countries that fight against US imperialism despite the massive individual flaws of these countries. The same should be applied to Russia in this case. Not doing so is very hypocritical imo.
As far as Russia goes, China already said Russia is a critical partner and their relationship is not going to be affected by any third party interest.
Nevertheless this isn't about morality but about the greater geopolitical situation. China is helping to build a new multipolar world by building relationships with any country that wants to be friendly and prosper together. That block also includes many other AES countries too. You may not be a fan of China, but this isn't just about China but also about Venezuela/DPRK/Cuba too.
I believe it is ultimately in our interest to support that cause, for many reasons but one of them is that we really don't have much time left, we have a couple of decades at most. Everything we do today matters building a world in which AES can stand a chance at defeating US imperialism is crucial, even if it requires troublesome allies, this is literally going to decide the destiny of billions of people.
As a westerner perhaps this isn't particularly interesting to you, maybe you don't care about China or AES(I would question your status of calling yourself a "socialist" at that point) but then again if we can't do anything to help ourselves we should at least try to help others.
It was bound to happen eventually. The US disregarded the geopolitical consensus, everyone knew Putin, but realy any leader in his position, would see NATO expansion as an eventual justification for war.
Putin isn't a leftist, the Russian people are not thriving under his leadership, the country is not headed towards socialism or anything like that.
However none of that realy matters in the grand scheme of things. For the international socialist movement to have any chance eventualy we must face American imperialism head on. And that means making alliances with countries and leaders that are not aligned with our goals. We offered critical support for middle east countries that fight against US imperialism despite the massive individual flaws of these countries. The same should be applied to Russia in this case. Not doing so is very hypocritical imo.
As far as Russia goes, China already said Russia is a critical partner and their relationship is not going to be affected by any third party interest.
Nevertheless this isn't about morality but about the greater geopolitical situation. China is helping to build a new multipolar world by building relationships with any country that wants to be friendly and prosper together. That block also includes many other AES countries too. You may not be a fan of China, but this isn't just about China but also about Venezuela/DPRK/Cuba too.
I believe it is ultimately in our interest to support that cause, for many reasons but one of them is that we really don't have much time left, we have a couple of decades at most. Everything we do today matters building a world in which AES can stand a chance at defeating US imperialism is crucial, even if it requires troublesome allies, this is literally going to decide the destiny of billions of people.
As a westerner perhaps this isn't particularly interesting to you, maybe you don't care about China or AES(I would question your status of calling yourself a "socialist" at that point) but then again if we can't do anything to help ourselves we should at least try to help others.