Libs down voting as usual (likely the .world kind)

I don’t think the west has learned any lesson if the United States thought they had been defeated militarily why the fuck did they park their most expensive death machines off of the coast of Venezuela?

1. Not what I’m saying. I’m saying other countries will see that the US isn’t potent enough, as it lacks it’s former industrial base, to enforce their interests militarily.

2. Venezuela isn’t as strong of an enemy as Russia. Russia has been up until the Ukraine conflict one of the largest weapons exporters. The recently released US NSS basically admits that the US overextended itself. They also got chased away by Yemen.

He also painted the Ukraine was as being a democrat war which also why I think he wants to end it. I

the US overextended themselves as admitted in the NSS. Putin having leverage over Trump with some blackmail is too conspiratorial/lib imo

the end of the century our global economy is going to shrink because of all the environmental damage we’ve done to the planet, all these wars aren’t going to slow down said destruction

True I agree. It’s definitely a tendency that exists.

Yes it does as it signals to the rest of the world that it can’t enforce it’s interests militarily anymore

Hell even if Russia does win it’s not as if Russia is some anti capitalist state and is going to swoop in to help the oppressed proletariat in western nations plan a revolution

No one says it is. You do know what revolutionary defeatism is right?

Don’t pretend that this will help any normal person though.

Not the ones in the imperial core, but in the global south it’ll at least give breathing room for revolutionary movements

the US empire falls that the geopolitical entity that fills its place will be some peace loving state

It looks to be a multipolar world. If you assume zero sum and view geopolitics as a grand chess board you likely think a new hegemon will take it’s place

István Mészáros Beyond Capital.

Thank u for the recommendation.

Sure but if Russia succeeds (which looks like they do) itll be a huge blow to Western imperialism and to US hegemony (which I support)

What about the young comedian that wants to feel like a powerful leader? And his fascist friends that want to feel like powerful leaders? and what about the cabal of pedofile leaders in the US that support him?

Not a useful framework to analyse. But you do you

You wrote:

The old man wants to feel like a powerful leader…

History isnt driven by decisions of a single person. Nation states have interests and their leaders act accordingly. If Putin hits his head and rediscovers Marx, the oligarchy will get rid of him.

i’m glad I didn’t answer those questions

Me too because it would’ve been great man theory brainrot anyway

I subscribe to historical materialism. Seeing as you think history is driven by great man I understand why you thought the questions I gave you are sealioning in your eyes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory

You don’t buy the western imperialist story when they support a genocide in Palestine, but buy it when they support a banderist regime in Ukraine for them to privatize everything for western capital… Ok

Still, I can’t support the invasion

No one does. War is an extension of diplomacy

I dont subscribe to great man theory understanding of history

Sealioning is when you question someones understanding of a topic that they are very confident about

Does not mean we should be for conquering a free and innocent country like Ukraine.

Who said that we were? Analysis is not justification.

The root cause for Russia to resort to realpolitik is NATO Eastward expansion aka expanding the market for western weapons manufacturers and increasing the demand for weapons by provoking conflict

Why would they do it then?

Crazy that they did just that. I’m sure there’s no context

They became the aggressor when you strip the context.

What function did NATO serve after the dissolution of the UDSSR? How did Russia turn from foe (UDSSR) to friend (Russian Federation) to foe again? Which enemy did NATO after the dissolution have in order to justify the defensive alliance? What role do you think the military industrial complex played in this?

You realise that the disagreement is in our definitions of imperialism, right?

Labeling Russia simply “imperialist” or “not imperialist” is inadequate. Russia is a revisionist, semi-peripheral power with imperialist tendencies and practices, particularly in its near abroad, but lacking the integrated monopoly-finance capitalist base that defines core imperialist powers like the US.

Russia is reacting to US imperialism.

I see you’re kind hearted in the sense that you don’t like war (assuming you’re anti Zionist) but are lib and haven’t read enough political theory to fully understand the root cause of it (NATO eastward expansion and western imperialism)

"Tankies* meaning in this case: people who understand the cause and nature of the conflict und would like for it to stop asap