The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, co-sponsored by Kyiv and EU nations, despite the US voting against it and urging other states to do so
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, co-sponsored by Kyiv and EU nations, despite the US voting against it and urging other states to do so
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There's a certain demographic of self-described "leftists" who end up being pro-Russia because they are anti-US and see Russia as the opposition to the US.
I'm curious to see if they're able to mentally reconcile a possible geopolitical future where full fash USA and Russia become allies. Are they so pro-Russia that they become pro-USA, or are they so anti-USA they finally become anti-Russia?
Or do they just stick their heads in the ground and pretend like nothing is happening because their US vs Russia worldview cannot support real life geopolitics?
Yes
I was wondering the exact same thing
If Russia and the US form a coalition they probably just stop supporting Russia no? This isn't a team sport
After years of defending Russian war crimes I don't think they'll find it all that easy to "just stop supporting Russia".
Like are they suddenly going to admit that Russia was commiting atrocities the entire time, or pretend the atrocities only started with the influence of their US ally, or just go silent on everything?
There may well be people like you describe, but I see this point of view as exaggerated more often than not. I don't know any leftists that "support" Russia, and certainly not any that think Putin is any kind of good guy. Yes, they view the US as a bigger threat to the world (with very good reason!). They also have a more nuanced view of the geopolitics and history around the war in Ukraine.
The "nuanced view of the geopolitics and history around the war in Ukraine" is usually a lot of mental gymnastics for the sole purpose of defending Russia.
lemmy.ml has a huge pro-Russia bias, for example, my recent comment accusing Russia of being a Nazi country was removed for being "bigoted", another recent comment accusing Israel of being a Nazi country using identical phrasing remained untouched.
You can't have it both ways, saying you don't support Russia while putting in lots of effort to support Russia.
Again, it's not my experience that such analysis boils down to defending Russia. You don't have to agree with an argument to understand it, and you need to understand it if you don't want to misrepresent it.