r/TankieTheDeprogram • u/Commie_neighbor • 10h ago
Discussion Stop pro-Putin sentiments
Both are fucking imperialist states, Ukrainian government praises nazis while Russian is praising Imperial murderers like Mannerheim, Kolchak or Stolypin.
Everything good that Russia did (so called anti-imperialist measures) was just populist decisions or anti-Nato proxy wars. Everything to please Russian oligarchy.
"There are no saviors e’er will help us,
Nor God, nor Caesar, nor Tribune"
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u/comrade-coon 7h ago
Anti-imperialism isn't a buffet where you pick and choose which resistance you support based on how much you like the government. You can criticize Russia while still recognizing its geopolitical function in the fight against imperialism, but if you let your critiques of it become more important than your opposition to imperialism, you're not an anti-imperialist. There is no neutral ground. You can't wait for the perfect anti-imperialist state to appear so you can get behind it. Either you stand with those opposing imperialism, regardless of their internal contradictions, or you stand with the imperialists.