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the ability to live peacefully, without being invaded shouldn't be contingent on presence or absence of democracy either way π€·ββοΈ
When did I say they don't deserve the ability to live peacefully? I'm simply calling out the liberal narrative that one is definitely authoritarian and the other is definitely a democracy, and that this is a case of an authoritarian government specifically trying to destroy a democracy. Ukraine is hardly a democracy, contrary to popular belief.
ah, i see what you mean
my reply comment wasn't meant to run counter to your comment, rather, i meant to express that the the entire narrative of "attack on X is worse bc they're democratic" or "attack on Y is more justified bc they're less democratic" is absurd and cruel
That's precisely the situation Ukraine was in before the west decided they needed a color revolution and a government full of nazis.
edit: it's amazing how you can state plain facts and get downvoted. Before the war propaganda campaign started, western media has been openly reporting this. Here are just a few sources:
Did lemmy get full of fucking libs or what?
Western propaganda on Ukraine has been intense, and a lot of people are still parroting it.
Not to say that Russian propaganda is very much alive and repeated as well all the time.
Imagine thinking that Russian propaganda even remotely comparable impact to domestic propaganda on opinions held by westerners. Just really wild stuff here.
didn't the far right parties get virtually no seats at the recent parliamentary elections in 2019 and overall are a small minority that doesn't hold any power over the country?
also, even if this weren't the case, i fail to see how an invasion and destruction of livelihoods of millions would do anything about it, besides probably stirring up more nationalistic movements π€·ββοΈ
The far right oligarchs who are working directly with US have been in control of the government. Meanwhile, you should take a look at the territories that are controlled by LPR and DPR right now, people aren't exactly upset about it. You can see some interviews here. Ukraine has been in a civil war since the coup in 2014, the extremists US put in power have done things like banning the use of Russian language. This hasn't played well with a huge Russian speaking population in the east.
People in the west don't seem to actually understand much about Ukraine and treat it as some homogeneous blob as opposed to a large and culturally diverse country that it actually is.
Isn't it the other way around in the donbass region, since ~2014?
People of Donbas decided to separate from Ukraine after 2014 coup, and that's why there's been an ongoing conflict this whole time.
"full of nazis" is not a fact you can just state as the truth. You always conveniently forget the nuance's when talking about "facts" which do fit your view.
I love how whitewashing nazis has become the favorite pass time for westerners now.
I am not whitewashing nazis and I'm very much aware that nazis and other nationalists took part of the color revolution, which is a sad reality.
I just really don't like your absolute claims which in subtext say that the color revolution was led by, and the resulting government is full of nazis and additionally say that this is a fact! AFAIK this is just not true.
I didn't make any absolute claims. I said that the government the west installed after the coup was full of nazis which is a fact. These nazis then went on to do these kinds of things to the people in eastern Ukraine which is what started the whole civil war. Seems like the real problem here is with you not actually knowing much about the subject you're debating.
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It's a well documented fact, but do go off.
"fact" ... again. Your rethoric get's repetitive really quickly.
It is pretty obvious you are arguing in favor of Russia's agenda and against that of the west.
But who is the "west", is it the current Ukraine government, the people of the Ukraine? Is it the NATO or specifically the US or is it Europe? East Europe, West Europe? ...
That's not really that easy, especially before the war "the west" had so many different interests and goals when it comes to the Ukraine-Russia conflict that I'd argue that "the west" is pretty much an absolute term which just simplifies the situation too much.
One of the simple tricks the @lemmygrad users like to do as well to create a simple black and white world view to mobilize and pull out the pitch forks. A kind of rethoric I really don't like.
It is telling that the one source you name is from Ivan Katchanovski, a highly controversial figure whose arguments seem to be very one-sided and support the narrative of russian propaganda. (Not sure how legitimate that claim is though)
However, I find the introduction and the conclusion of your source surprisingly neutral on a level of which I also like this discussion to be, not this simple:
"They were all Nazis", "a fact"
Even saying that someone is a Nazi is not that easy to interpret as you hope it do be. What I mean by that is, a Nazi when talking about the war from Russia against the Ukraine could be a extreme Ukrainian nationalist or a extreme Russian nationalist.
Both of these exist, both of these took part at the beginning of the conflict, both of these have troops and "brigades" in the current war on either Russian or Ukrainian side.
I don't say you are totally wrong, but in complex conflicts like these you can't just claim facts and absolute truths. It's just not that simple.
Ukraine is one of the most corrupt nations out there with all the high ranking government officials having direct financial ties to the oligarchs in US. Nuland is literally on record hand picking government officials after the coup.
Again, my statement wasn't absolutist. What I said is that Ukrainian government is full of nazis, which is a documented fact. You turned it into they're all nazis which is not what I said. Right wing extremists clearly have huge influence in Ukraine, and they're backed by Ukrainian oligarchs. You keep trying to paint this as some sort of a nuanced issue, but it's not.
I agree in some points, e.g. that Ukraine is a very corrupt state.
I heard otherwise, not that they have no influence. But "clearly" a "huge influence" sounds wrong as well. Can you are least be a little more specific how significant you think these influences are?
do you refer to the panama papers?
Intially you wrote (at the second top level of this thread):
which implies some big western conspiracy, which I think is wrong and a too simplistic view.
That's why I started the discussion.
You heard this where exactly? Far right extremists are literally part of the government, secrete police, and military forces. Nazis had literally battalions that were officially part of the army.
Panama papers show a small glimpse into these ties, they've been extensively documented elsewhere as well. Biden family is directly involved in many questionable business dealings in Ukraine.
There is nothing simplistic about it, and much of this is now public knowledge. You seem to be rather ignorant regarding the subject you're debating here. This whole discussion has been you saying that you're not aware of the basic facts of the situation.
Not really sure why you felt the need to start a debate on the subject you're ignorant about.
Ukraine is the West, and it decided for itself. You really think Ukrainians are so stupid to prefer Russia over its own welfare?
Ukraine's welfare was far better before the 2014 coup. You also seem to be homogenizing the whole nation, which shows an incredibly superficial understanding. Why do you think there was a civil war for the past 8 years exactly?
could you provide some statistics to support that? (legitimately curious, i made a very brief search, but was unable to find anything)
Here you go https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2017-04-05/stable-crisis-ukraines-economy-three-years-after-euromaidan
Gee I wonder why. What could possibly have been hurting Ukraine's welfare after 2014? Hmm, oh I wonder. Hmm let me think. Hmmmmm
Yeah you do that.
There are around 40 million people in Ukraine and I doubt they are all of one opinion.
Oh you're right I bet at least half of them really want a foreign country controlling their government and a corrupt state that is not responsible to the people it governs. Really I bet the loved Russian troops bombing and shooting them. Like who knows what they even think, right?
Ukrainians in the separatist regions were already being shot at for years. By their own government!
Really who started those battles I wonder? Hmm, idk...
So you in favor of Russia making Ukraine and NATO to fuck off
depends on what you mean by "fuck off", it's pretty vague π€·ββοΈ
Oh, yeah, so vague that you need to wilfully ignore context lmao
i just find it more helpful to communicate in concrete terms because it leaves fewer room for ambiguity and misunderstanding
in this context "fuck off" could mean a million different things: a direct conflict, an information campaign seeking to inform people about the negative aspects of [something] or discredit, or economic sanctions, or closer cooperation with the aim of trying to contain military action via diplomacy et cetera
Basically, willfully ignoring context.
i feel like you'd be able to type out what you meant by that several times already in the time it took us to type out this back-and-forth, i'm legitimately unsure what you meant by that
the only good reason i can imagine why one wouldn't want to do that is because nato opposition in certain circles exists as a vague and nebulous pent-up hostility without any sort of concrete and detailed plan to combat it, which would provide a concrete framework upon which one would be able to act, and in the absence of which anything ones says can't be criticised because it's so vague and inconcrete...
i may be wrong though π€·ββοΈ
Yeah, pretty much wrong if all you do is willfully ignoring basically all. You are showing already it also in another convo with another user, why should I waste my effort in people that are willingly ignorant?
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