• Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    What leftist thinks Russia is communist or even socialist? It’s not hard to be consistent on anti imperialism and anti capitalism.

    I guess there is the Nazbols, which is much more a weird fascism than an actual leftist ideology

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      8 months ago

      What leftist thinks Russia is communist or even socialist?

      A handful of online idiots who are super convinced by the support of the Russian Communist Party, the Totally Independent States in the Donbass, and the continued Russian military use of Soviet symbolism.

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        8 months ago

        To me that seems like fascists co-opting ussr aesthetics to help justify the killing of ppl they deem lesser.

        Idk about what’s going on with Russian parties like the RCP, I haven’t looked into any of that.

        Personally I think the US has a responsibility to aid and also work with zelensky on negotiations (on Ukraine’s terms ofc) to end the war.

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          To me that seems like fascists co-opting ussr aesthetics to help justify the killing of ppl they deem lesser.

          I mean, it absolutely is, I’m just saying that those co-opted aesthetics are enough to convince some people, unfortunately.

          Idk about what’s going on with Russian parties like the RCP, I haven’t looked into any of that.

          The Russian Communist Party is essentially token ‘opposition’ at this point that conveniently agrees with every major United Russia endeavor.

          Personally I think the US has a responsibility to aid and also work with zelensky on negotiations (on Ukraine’s terms ofc) to end the war.

          Zelenskyy has made it clear ever since the mass graves were discovered in Summer 2022 that only the total withdrawal of Russian troops is going to be regarded as acceptable. So we’re probably looking at another two years or so of war, assuming nothing comes out of left field.