Title, I'm a leftist but after reading some things on lemmygrad and here it seems I might have been lied to all my life. I have talked with some people from Cuba and Venezuela (expats) that support the west narrative about poverty and mismanagement. I "believe" that Russia is attacking Ukraine for selfish reasons and that China censors access to foreign information using the Great Firewall, please prove me wrong. Furthermore, it ultimately depends who do you want to believe or there are hard facts from reputable sources that are simply a hidden by the mass media?
EDIT: Thanks everyone for your very civil responses. I'll answer as many as I can!
I’ve liked your other responses in this thread but if we can give critical support to Iran and Syria in their fight against imperialism, surely we can do the same for Russia, whose society is more progressive than the west’s on every single issue save LGBTQ+ rights (itself declining in the USA as we speak). Putin is basically a liberal opportunist battling NATO fascists. The situation isn’t perfect but situations rarely are.
My attitude towards the idea that Russia invaded Ukraine to defeat "imperialism" is basically summarised by this meme: https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/oJGsMk38SH.png
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My attitude is “have you read Lenin’s book on this subject?”