Agree that this is a very bad take. There are Cable leaks from US diplomat going back DECADES that confirm just how serious the notion of Ukraine joining nato was to Russia and that it would likely mean a war if it ever came to fruition.

This is 2008 so it's pre 2014 coup

I think the other side of this that's rarely talked about are the families with members that were on the ukrainian side and the russian side. For Russia a huge issue with Ukraine joining nato is the quantity of families with individuals who then become nato and will be turned into natoites. The effect that these family members will have on their family across the border is of major concern. They don't want a base being created for colour revolution, or worse.

and that Western and Ukrainian aggression didn't poke the tiger.

I think his argument is more that they did poke it but that doesn't justify a full scale land invasion.

I don't agree with him, but honestly his take here seems way more consistent and rational than Libs on the topic. He's still wrong, but I was honestly expecting it to be worse given his history.

Why would I spend my free time consuming neither educational material nor actual entertainment and escapism? And this dude is a lot more ‘political commentary’ than he is ‘entertainment’ so I’m fucking out

Kind of a sidebar here but he says that Russia is a dictatorship and that people should gtfo about the "elections".

Now, I don't really know much about Russia at all, but polling shows that Putin is immensely popular, right? So what's the point in rigging elections that you're going to win anyway? I don't think he was trying to make a broader point either, I think he was saying the elections themselves are shams? So... Are they?

It's an admittedly half-assed video which probably was made only because he never made a proper one when the war started it's to be taken as seriously as his live stream slop content. It's good to piss off both Z-leninist/banderites and harvest that good good engagement nectar.

My general rule is that i dont watch videos of his that doesnt have at least 20 citations in the description.

Cold take: Putin is, in fact, bad.

The war is also bad insofar as victory on either side will not serve the working class. As usual, they are being thrown into the meat grinder so that whoever wins can exploit them better. I won't call it an inter-imperialist conflict, but there's certainly not a socialist element to it.

The only benefit is a slightly weakened empire (US) which will have less regional power. A worthwhile goal, but to be honest, it seems like the price has been really high.

it's all a facade, he's probably intentionally taking the L here to make his video about debunking the Holodomir conspiracy theory have more credibility among the libs, a strong long-term move if you ask me.

not fine for entertainment

Australian guy that lives in Argentina*

Fuck him

There's a good point made here that "if Russia gained influence in Mexico, that wouldn't justify the US invading it".

But we know that the US would absolutely do that, if it came to it. We know from the Cuban Missile Crisis, we know from the unmatched number of foreign interventions/coups the US has done, we know from the contingency plans that the DoD has had for a long time for invading Mexico and toppling the government, and we know from Trump's threats over the cartels that he'd do it for a lot less than a great power rivalry.

There is a gap between what many countries ethically ought to do, and what they practically can be expected to do. We should be able to tell these apart.

you can't get me to watch one of this guys videos

The guy who posted this gem of a take has bad takes?

Damn what a surprise lol

Misses on smo and Uyghur genocide means high possibly of being a fed. That shit isn't hard to figure out.

Feels like a number of people in this thread are a couple of weeks away from genuinely thinking “Putin is based secret communist trying to re-establish the USSR” lol.