people dont wanna say it but im sure its just that they would be ok with a neoliberal government taking over, which is what will happen. Its a shitty position, but this sort of color revolution never ends well. Lukashenko agreed to holding a national referendum to abdicate his constitutional powers and hold reelections. The communist party has to take his side on this, theres no real alternative and people pretending otherwise dont understand or want to understand that the right wing and neoliberal opposition is what has the largest position to take over and the most resources and pr from the western governments that are backing them.
What does "being against us imperialism" even mean anymore? you're not ok with it when it happens or you actually fight against it happening? seems like a big difference to me.
I mean I guess that question would make sense if I believed it was all just being engineered by the US. (I don't).
Fun fact, all the major unions have been going on strike there. I don't think it's hard to believe people are genuinely pissed off their "president" rigged yet another election and had a disastrous handling of the coronavirus on top of that.
I dont doubt it at all, what i do doubt is the very obvious ties the opposition has to western backed influences and how there's no real left opposition. I think the strikes have also been over emphasized and it was never as large scale as really reported. I'm not sure how overthrowing Lukashenko would result in anything other than a western backed government stepping in. I'm seeing some very obvious parallels with Bolivia here, tho there doesnt seem to be the same sort of large leftist movement in Belarus to at least oppose them. I mean it is what it is at the end of the day I guess.
I don't really see any parallels. Morales was actually elected to a third term (even if running for that term was pretty stupid of him). This guy won one genuine election over 25 years ago.
You shouldn't. You can oppose American imperialism and also be opposed to dictators rigging elections. Not really that hard.
What's the third option in this scenario bud? It's either Luka, or the neoliberal opposition, is it not? Is there a third option?
people dont wanna say it but im sure its just that they would be ok with a neoliberal government taking over, which is what will happen. Its a shitty position, but this sort of color revolution never ends well. Lukashenko agreed to holding a national referendum to abdicate his constitutional powers and hold reelections. The communist party has to take his side on this, theres no real alternative and people pretending otherwise dont understand or want to understand that the right wing and neoliberal opposition is what has the largest position to take over and the most resources and pr from the western governments that are backing them.
What does "being against us imperialism" even mean anymore? you're not ok with it when it happens or you actually fight against it happening? seems like a big difference to me.
I mean I guess that question would make sense if I believed it was all just being engineered by the US. (I don't).
Fun fact, all the major unions have been going on strike there. I don't think it's hard to believe people are genuinely pissed off their "president" rigged yet another election and had a disastrous handling of the coronavirus on top of that.
I dont doubt it at all, what i do doubt is the very obvious ties the opposition has to western backed influences and how there's no real left opposition. I think the strikes have also been over emphasized and it was never as large scale as really reported. I'm not sure how overthrowing Lukashenko would result in anything other than a western backed government stepping in. I'm seeing some very obvious parallels with Bolivia here, tho there doesnt seem to be the same sort of large leftist movement in Belarus to at least oppose them. I mean it is what it is at the end of the day I guess.
I don't really see any parallels. Morales was actually elected to a third term (even if running for that term was pretty stupid of him). This guy won one genuine election over 25 years ago.