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So just 4 days ago we had huge thread about how great she is because she criticized US imperialism and immediately after that she's actively participating in the same imperialism. Also her position on Ukraine remains afaik unchanged, still supporting that fascist and ecocidal imperial puppet. How it is even possible to reconcile, is she two different people or what?

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[-] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 day ago

Accelerationist Greta wants to quicken the downfall of the US empire smh

[-] thetaT@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

popular perception of stalin and the USSR?

also hows the food

[-] Pili@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Is it a good place to visit? What would be the most interesting things to do?

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[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

tony-cheer FUCK BRIAN KEMP, GET HIS ASS tony-cheer

[-] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Eh... she's protesting the more right wing part of the government winning an election. Seems fine to me.

Russia is useful for destabilizing the Western dominated world order, but is definitely not a "friend" of the left.

Edit: (gonna leave my comment here, because I earned this)

Woof, fucked a hornets nest on this one didn't I?

My intent, ultimately wrongheaded as I may be, was to wonder why we care about Greta Thunberg taking a side in this. I wasn't aware she was more than a minor celebrity based on climate change stuff and has enough... I don't know... influence to draw more outside support for this attempt at a color revolution. This feels likes something for The Dunk Tank and not News.

Sure, she made some negative statements about US imperialism, but that's pretty low hanging fruit. Its the easiest thing in the world to do when there's a flag to identify who is doing what. But can completely understand why it might be much harder to see what's likely going on when the flags are the Georgian flag and the Russian flag, especially when you're in your early 20's.

[-] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

Where exactly is Russia not a "friend" of the left (outside of its domestic policies and social reactionaryism)?

In resisting the western dominated world order, by necessity Russia is one of the more actively anti-imperialist states out there, for starters.

Their championing the cause of de-dollarization (again, by necessity) and assisting in uplifting/working together with the global south to develop their material conditions (developing the nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso for instance) are also absolutely amazing.

There's no excuse for their domestic reactionaryism, but in almost every aspect otherwise and outside their borders they are a friend- a circumstantial friend, perhaps, and one to be approached with some skepticism- but a friend all th same IMO.

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Russia is not a friend of the left, but our interests are often aligned. We still need to be wary nevertheless.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

There are no friends in geopolitics, only mutual interests

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[-] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

The movie or the planet?

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[-] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 day ago

SUpporting economic suicide and possible war in Georgia is good? Are you drunk?

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Might've thought the article meant Georgia the US state.

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