He is a nationalistic pragmatist. He despises communists and has made that very clear, if he had the chance to unfurl the hammer and sickle he would never do it.
It just so happens that the national and economic interests of Russia are anti-west and trending in the direction of China. If NATO and the US were friendly to Russia, Putin would be the first one signing on to work with them and cooperate.
I think you’re misunderstanding ComradeSalad if you took away them “feel[ing] smug about how bad imaginary Putin … is”.
It is worth pointing this out because Putin did repeatedly try to make friendly terms with the West but it refused (and then tried to gaslight us into thinking none of that happened)
You’re right. Putin is a Marxist Leninist at heart who loves the working class and Soviet Union and is not primarily driven by the capitalistic desires of Russia’s bourgeoisie class at all.
He is a shining example of what we should all aspire to be.
Happy? Imagine getting riled up at an analogy and running to uncritically defend Putin from any and all complaint. I’m not a liberal, there’s no need to immediately say anything negative about someone that is situationally aligned with the leftist movement is hearsay.
He is a nationalistic pragmatist. He despises communists and has made that very clear, if he had the chance to unfurl the hammer and sickle he would never do it.
It just so happens that the national and economic interests of Russia are anti-west and trending in the direction of China. If NATO and the US were friendly to Russia, Putin would be the first one signing on to work with them and cooperate.
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I agree, that's why that would never happen in any reality. I'm just saying in the hypothetical that if it did happen by some insane metric.
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I think you’re misunderstanding ComradeSalad if you took away them “feel[ing] smug about how bad imaginary Putin … is”.
It is worth pointing this out because Putin did repeatedly try to make friendly terms with the West but it refused (and then tried to gaslight us into thinking none of that happened)
You’re right. Putin is a Marxist Leninist at heart who loves the working class and Soviet Union and is not primarily driven by the capitalistic desires of Russia’s bourgeoisie class at all.
He is a shining example of what we should all aspire to be.
Happy? Imagine getting riled up at an analogy and running to uncritically defend Putin from any and all complaint. I’m not a liberal, there’s no need to immediately say anything negative about someone that is situationally aligned with the leftist movement is hearsay.
Be respectful to other ppl here, or we won't hesitate to issue temp bans.
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No, they took Putin's ideological stances to their logical conclusion. Which isn't socialist by any means.