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Gaawa_chan posted...

I don't understand the supposed lefties who simp for Chinese and Russian imperialism. It's like their political takes begin and end with "USA bad," and I am the furthest left person I know. There is a schism between the anarchist left and the ML left that causes odd things like this to happen in discourse. As I am of the former, I do not think simping for any State's imperialist actions is something any self-respecting leftist ought do.

Paying attention to Vaush's content has been interesting because he has been fairly spot-on in his takes through this whole affair, which is pretty unusual because the topic is NOT his strong suit at all, but he comes into contact with people across the political spectrum with terrible takes on this subject.
https://twitter.com/VaushV/status/1495884116901957633

I agree. Putin's play wasn't even subtle. I don't think anyone was fooled for a second that he was planning to invade.

But yea. There's a bunch of brainwashed far-leftists out there whose politics begin and end more or less at 'US bad'. Or, more accurately, 'anyone who isn't on the far left is a <insert horrible accusation here>!'. So if you're a free-speech absolutist you are supporting hate speech. Believe in capitalism and you're a monster who wants to exploit the working class or something. The result is that, since the vast majority of America ISN'T on the far left, their narrative becomes 'America bad'.