Critical support to Russia for it’s campaign against
The only existing world power state I stan is China.
Thank goodness we have youtubers who deign to give their support for only a subset of those countries opposing NATO. China would be certain to fall without their support, and Russia is doomed without it. /s
Russia is literally the only reason why countries like Cuba or DPRK are still standing- I do not think China would ever put up the slag in that regard. So the preserverance of russian independence is one of the major ways the global south can be helped.
Russia is literally the only reason why countries like Cuba or DPRK are still standing
This is an overstatement. These places are standing because they literally fought and WON against the US. Give them the credit they deserve.
I don’t think it’s taking away from their revolutionary achievements to say that they would have been crushed without the Soviet Union!
But there’s also a serious difference between those two things. USSR =/= Russia.
The leaders of the counter-hegemonic pole are Russia, China, and Iran, and no amount of coping or malding about the real and imagined inadequacies of these three will change this simple fact.
It’s also completely gross and disingenous to equate Russia with the US. Russia does not have thousands of military bases across the planet, it does not exploit other countries, and checks none of the boxes for any modern definitfon of imperialism.
Russia is capitalist, but like most capitalist countries on the planet, its a victim of US imperialism, not a recipient of its benefits.
First-world ultralefts can’t help themselves but criticize countries for not meeting their high and abitrary standards. Russia is the main country in the world rn killing NATO troops and draining the west’s military resources.
There is a reason we say “critical support”
If I were a Iranian I would have major issues with my national government. If I were Russian I would have major issues with my elected leaders. If I were Cuban, Vietnamese, or Chinese, I’m sure I would find something to complain about.
From my current position, in the imperial core, I refuse to speak ill of the countries working to dismantle American hegemony.
When the empire is targeting a designated enemy that undermines the empire, it will deploy constant propaganda against that target.
Those who want to see the end of the empire will then need to take time to explain why the target is not uniquely bad, the criticisms are largely false, etc etc. Otherwise you’re just helping manufacture consent for the targeting of that country.
This is the kind of “support” socialists should provide. Push back on Russophobia, collective punishment, the US war machine, support for NATO, and false histories of what’s happened in Ukraine and Syria.
