• алсааас [she/her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comMEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Once again, the non-revisionist non-reformist internationalist socialist position is to not take sides in a conventional inter-imperialist (read inter-capitalist) war.
    Ukraine de facto acts as the proxy of the West, while Russia is a regional imperialist power.
    Both are capitalist governments fighting each other over their respective interests, there is nothing proletarian about Ukraine; the international proletariat belongs to no country…

    Anti-colonial/liberation wars are another topic. Critical support is warranted there, even if it isn’t a proletarian movement fighting them.

    All the liberals masquerading as leftists always seem to forget “No war but class war!” whenever it’s convenient for them; so please eat your veggies read your theory…

    • Schmoo@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      4 months ago

      You’re so steeped in theory and strategy that you’ve forgotten to defend the universal human right to self-determination. Ukrainians do not consent to being governed by Russia, and that is reason enough for me to side with them.

  • Janx@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Amazingly, you can also be against a country *violently and illegally invading another one!

  • BanMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Ukraine support doesn’t bother me, that’s not splitting anyone here. Palestinian support, when it’s fervent enough to make Dems vote against Dem candidates, now we have a problem. Domestic issues, when they involve a fascist takeover, are simply more pressing than 70-year-old foreign policy, even if it does need fixing… it has for a long time. We won’t be able to get there if we’re an authoritarian hellhole.