The main two opposing groups of opinion I’ve seen form among leftists are firstly, that the popular protest and removal of Lukashenko is both legitimate AND desirable - legitimate in that he has genuinely lost support from the mass of the proletariat, and desirable in that a bourgeois democratic government would create better conditions for the class struggle in Belarus. This side also seems to argue that this mass movement of workers is good in of itself, for class consciousness and solidarity.

The second opinion seems to mainly revolve around fears that Belarus will go the way of Ukraine and much of Eastern Europe and be seized by fascists and other reactionaries. The argument against that I’ve seen from the first group is that the working class in Belarus is much more anti-fascist than other places in Eastern Europe (personally I’m not sure I buy that without some serious evidence, I’ve also seen it argued that “they have vivid cultural memories of occupation by the fascists in WWII” - should that not also have applied to Ukraine? It seems a specious argument tbh).

I’m happy to admit I’m not in possession of enough facts to claim an educated opinion either way, was wondering what everyone was thinking on the subject.