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[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (73 children)

I like the communism talk. I don't like the pro russia talk on hexbear.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 49 points 1 year ago (66 children)

What exactly are you seeing as pro-russia?

As communists we're staunchly anti-NATO and against the US imperialist order. There's a degree of critical support for the Russian Federations struggle against NATO, but thats not really pro-russia, or at least how we would define being pro-russia.

Similarly we have critical support for Iran in its struggle against the US led imperial order, and we support when they do things like engaging in trade with AES like Venezuela. Thats not the same as direct support for the theocracy there or all their domestic policies for example

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (64 children)

Im no fan of US imperialism, but you all conveniently leave out the alternative to NATO aid in Ukraine right now.

Without NATO aid, Ukraine will just plainly be taken over by Purine Russia.

If you think that end result is OK, then I don't know what to tell you.

As far as Im concerned, Putins expansion is really helping NATOs by giving them a justification to exist.

[–] edge@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Without NATO aid, Ukraine will just plainly be taken over by Purine Russia.

No it wouldn’t. At most they would take the southern half, Novorossiya. The rest they just want a guarantee won’t align with the West.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Putin has started multiple times that he does not consider Ukraine a legitimate country. If he does not think they should exist, where would the other portion of it go?

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