Is it a reaction to libs overblowing Russiagate? Is it because Putin is allies with Assad? Is it running off the nostalgic fumes of Lenin/Stalin? Is it blank anti-American contrarianism?
Just seems like a mobster tyrant who jails his political opponents and poisons non-compliant oligarchs. The treatment of LGBTQ people is pretty shitty too.
Just seems like a strange sentiment to carry in a leftist community.
the russian federation is a right-wing oligarchy and sucks ass. but i'll make fun of russiagate and liberal xenophobia all day long
I have literally never seen anyone here defend Russia. Making fun of libs crying Russian wolf doesn't equal praise for Russia.
Well... not todays Russia :stalin-garrison:
i only saw one person on the old sub. they were whining about how putin used to be popular on the left as an anti-imperialist until the obama years
You mean until he invaded Georgia?? Think you might have found an unironic Russian op there
No one defending Putin here, Hoss. Post Soviet Russia very cringe and unbased.
This seems like a huge strawman. I never seen people on here defend or praise modern Russian politics.
People do rightfully point out that russia gate is bullshit and they aren't a threat or boogeyman as much as libs like to pretend.
Putin denounced Lenin and blamed him for the problems that plague Russia to this date, ranging from not fighting for a strong Russia-centric centralized state apparatus, ethnic seperatist tensions (In the current Russian border mind you), the dissolution of law and order within Russia (apparently thinking the feudal Russian empire was better than the space-based Soviet Union is a thing) leading to a tumultuous time for the Russian people, etc. He's even threatened to destroy Lenin's mausoleum and intern his body to the ground somewhere.
He can get a bucket of lava poured on him in minecraft.
Putin also spent at least half a decade trying to get Bush and the US foreign establishment to like him but the US is so smoothbrained they repeatedly kicked him in the shins instead
Well they should probably intern Lenin's body in the ground, it's fucking weird
Have you been? My main memory of it is it being dim, creepy, and off-putting
I actually mention Putin's denouncement of Lenin to libs occasionally, since he criticized Lenin for doing the opposite things that libs criticize the USSR for. As in, the USSR had a less centralized state apparatus than the Russian Empire or the modern Russian Federation and also that ethnic minorities had more autonomy.
Can you link to some of the posts that concerned you?
If it's happening that's kind of shitty, but it's hard to discuss in the abstract.
running off the nostalgic fumes of Lenin/Stalin? Is it blank anti-American contrarianism
radlibs do nothing but obscure the material relations of imperialism as they slander actual comrades
Just seems like a strange sentiment to carry in a leftist community.
so strange that materialists who have read history think the moralizing of "human rights" is a cover for imperialist genocide. You're an idealist who doesn't understand how manufacturing consent works.
if you wanted to get dunked on, you could've just asked
Minorities also get preferential treatment in local government elections to make sure the 50 some odd minorities in China are represented
Even if you are misremembering, spread it anyway to counter the endless western lies. Propaganda works
but it’s still an authoritarian state capitalist ethnostate
No it isn’t
How about looking at what other countries are saying about China with the same open mind you use to absorb US state department crap
this is a good insight into the ideology and goals of china - https://chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/xi-jinpings-19-august-speech-revealed-translation/
