cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4112192

Men that carried out terrorist attack on concert in Russia received funds from Ukraine.

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    • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      He’s allied to DPRK, Cuba, Venezuela and China. If they aren’t communists then nobody is

      • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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        9 months ago

        Keep in mind is entire career he tried to ally himself with the west up to the point they literally went to war with him. Putin does not get a pass just because he’s allied with with these nations, we need to come at this from the position of “the least he could do is have good relations with these nations”

        • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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          9 months ago

          Still, it's hard not to feel a little bad for him being like Homer Simpson trying to join the no Homers club

          Yeah he sucks and he was trying to join an evil organization but they were such assholes to him on a personal level, like they just rejected him for being Russian

          • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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            9 months ago

            Absolutely and you’ll never see me say otherwise. That being said it’s not out of hand to be disappointed at the leader of the former largest anti fascist nation try to get into the Nazi club.

      • NikkiB@lemmygrad.ml
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        9 months ago

        Not the communists I was referring to, and aligning with states which practices an ideology is not the same as supporting and sanctioning said ideology. He represses communism at home because he likely understand the threat they pose to his power.

          • NikkiB@lemmygrad.ml
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            9 months ago

            That makes sense, even so we shouldn't have any delusions about who he is and what he stands for.

            • zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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              9 months ago

              And calling him an imperialist or fascist is one of those delusions common among radlibs and still lingering among the squishier hexbears

      • NikkiB@lemmygrad.ml
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        9 months ago

        Not really what I meant, I was more referring to his attitude towards Russian communists. He might align with China for all sorts of reasons beyond personal agreement with communism.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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        9 months ago

        It depends on how you look at it. He’s an ally to Chinese communists because they share military and trade relations and are only friendly terms with each other. He’s not an ally to them if you look at it ideologically because he considers communism a failure and inferior to whatever he has going on. And perhaps the Chinese don’t care at all that’s he’s anti communists because they care about the material support more.

        I doubt Xi’s Marxism Leninist ideology is ever on Putin’s mind, the same way MBS being a literal monarch is likely not on Xi’s mind. It’s not really about communism vs capitalism anymore. It’s about markets and whose guns will be on your side or out of your way