I'm denying their power in the Ukraine government.
There's a lot of Banderites in the Ukraine government. For example, there was a diplomatic incident where the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany publically engaged in Holocaust denial, falsely claiming that there was no evidence of Bandera's participation in the Holocaust.
My main point is that Russia successfully overthrowing the Ukrainian government would be a very bad thing
It's also not a particularly likely thing. The most likely resolution to the war is the cessation of some amount of territory, not complete occupation or the overthrow of the government.
Most of the "education yourself" is just asking people to believe conspiracy theories. A political alliance of several factions, lead by hundreds of thousands of civilians, ousted a Russian puppet government and people here decide that it was actually done by the CIA, all because amerikkka expressed support for the new Ukrainian government after it was finished. Yeah the CIA paid off all 500,000 civilian protesters, it was all astroturfed and wouldn't have happened without the CIA. Real big brain hours. Baseless conspiracy theories isn't real leftism, it isn't actual education. It's just seeing a narrative that you want to be true and assuming it is true without looking into what happened at all.
Completely dismissing the possibility that the CIA was involved in a coup as a "conspiracy theory" is extremely And equating that suspicion with "The CIA paid off all 500,000 protesters" is a pretty blatant strawman. There's plenty of ways that a foreign government could influence and support a popular uprising that aren't just directly bribing random people.
What about the uprising in Donbas? Do you think the only two options are 1) it's a legitimate reflection of popular support, or 2) everyone who supported it was bribed by the Russian government? Because if it's 2, then I'd call that a conspiracy theory. But I think there's plenty of possibilities in between those two. Personally, I'm of the opinion that both cases warrant similar degrees of skepticism. I recommend reading up on the history of CIA backed coups to get a better understanding of what mechanisms can be employed in such instances.
There's a lot of Banderites in the Ukraine government. For example, there was a diplomatic incident where the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany publically engaged in Holocaust denial, falsely claiming that there was no evidence of Bandera's participation in the Holocaust.
It's also not a particularly likely thing. The most likely resolution to the war is the cessation of some amount of territory, not complete occupation or the overthrow of the government.
Completely dismissing the possibility that the CIA was involved in a coup as a "conspiracy theory" is extremely
And equating that suspicion with "The CIA paid off all 500,000 protesters" is a pretty blatant strawman. There's plenty of ways that a foreign government could influence and support a popular uprising that aren't just directly bribing random people.
What about the uprising in Donbas? Do you think the only two options are 1) it's a legitimate reflection of popular support, or 2) everyone who supported it was bribed by the Russian government? Because if it's 2, then I'd call that a conspiracy theory. But I think there's plenty of possibilities in between those two. Personally, I'm of the opinion that both cases warrant similar degrees of skepticism. I recommend reading up on the history of CIA backed coups to get a better understanding of what mechanisms can be employed in such instances.