It's good to see that even bourgeois dictatorships gave up on joining the imperialist boys club and recognise that they are better off joining the China-led world of fairer trading, cooperation and diplomacy. But that doesn't make the Russian Federation cool, and we would all prefer that it wasn't reactionary nationalists taking the decisions
It’s good to see that even bourgeois dictatorships gave up on joining the imperialist boys club and recognise that they are better off joining the China-led world of fairer trading
I wouldn't say they recognised the best path but that even if they gave half of their country away they still wouldn't be allowed in the imperailists' club. So they literally had no choice but taking the path they took.
Hopefully they get better from it, but considering how long they stuck to the idea of joining the west, and the possibility that they might still want to, a lot still needs to happen for them to get better.
Over 20 years go Russia—at the time lead by Putin—wanted to join the imperialism club, but the US rejected them: Ex-Nato head says Putin wanted to join alliance early on in his rule. Now Russia, rejected by the Global North, has no choice but to join with the Global South as allies instead. This shift in allegiances has been massively accelerated by the sanctions of this war.
It's good to see that even bourgeois dictatorships gave up on joining the imperialist boys club and recognise that they are better off joining the China-led world of fairer trading, cooperation and diplomacy. But that doesn't make the Russian Federation cool, and we would all prefer that it wasn't reactionary nationalists taking the decisions
I wouldn't say they recognised the best path but that even if they gave half of their country away they still wouldn't be allowed in the imperailists' club. So they literally had no choice but taking the path they took.
Hopefully they get better from it, but considering how long they stuck to the idea of joining the west, and the possibility that they might still want to, a lot still needs to happen for them to get better.
Yup, I’ve said almost the exact same thing before: